Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '20 at 14:30
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 702 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 103 Parallax 86.4 75% 93.8 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 91.8 74% 89.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 179 170 161 163 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 183 Mixed 77 SusWrite 169 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KYXC0V-MID 1x16GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 46%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,341x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	462x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	263x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	700x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	465x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	393x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	61x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples	49x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	229x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16