Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	11520 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190620
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 23:16
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 83.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 211 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 632 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.9% Very good	Lighting 89.2 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.4 73% 98.5 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 96 Splatting 84.4 73% 90 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 234 233 247 204 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1073 Write 436 Mixed 454 SusWrite 226 120% 547 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 48.8 139% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 811 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 443 359% 523 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 141%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 213GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 443 441 454 453 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 445 Mixed 387 SusWrite 444 99% 437 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 43.2 140% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 337 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 98 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 73 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 100 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 114%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 628GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 38 Write 37.5 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 40.8 50% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 108% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GB 24,860 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	447x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 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	57x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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