Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	34.3 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	800 x 480 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190620
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 13:55
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 196 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 593 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 100 Parallax 103 86% 103 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 64.9 70% 88.7 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct500mx5 0 431GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 155GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 340 378 378 368 351 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 394 Mixed 370 SusWrite 358 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 43 147% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 279 226% 321 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Inateck ASM1153E 500GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 86GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 50 52 52 51 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	5.93% Terrible	Read 51.3 Write 50.8 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 51 11% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 2% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 84 96 99 97 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 116 Write 146 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 93.8 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 81GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 45 47 46 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 8.2 Write 20.7 Mixed 11.5 SusWrite 46.2 16% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 629GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 111 113 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 116 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 111 135% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.4 172% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 65%
Innostor Innostor 64GB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 36GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 112 Write 61.5 Mixed 64 SusWrite 49.3 89% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Mixed 0.6 31% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 40GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 78%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	449x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	458x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	389x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	58x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples	48x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	228x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16