Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.6% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	33.9 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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '19 at 23:53
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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)	78.3% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 198 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 646 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.3% 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: 441.20 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 103 Parallax 103 85% 103 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 74.3 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct500mx5 0 431GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 154GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 343 400 429 411 377 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 418 Mixed 397 SusWrite 382 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 45.2 151% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 284 228% 323 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Inateck ASM1153E 500GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 66GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 72 72 72 72 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	7.69% Terrible	Read 62.7 Write 63.7 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 71.8 14% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 2% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 7.69% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 87 96 101 105 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 98.1 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 83GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 53 54 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 47.3 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 54 32% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 553GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 102 99 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 144 Write 95.2 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 100 136% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.4 162% 2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 56.1% 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 50 50 50 50 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 112 Write 62 Mixed 65 SusWrite 49.9 90% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 34% 0.6 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 (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 20 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.8% 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 $40	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