Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170213
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 06:44
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 below expectations (35^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 209 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 546 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 86.9 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 86.1 71% 88.9 fps	MRender 80.9 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 81 66% 80 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 121 104 90 141 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 881 Write 152 Mixed 762 SusWrite 119 106% 478 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 37.3 164% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 441 361% 525 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 546GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 102 100 100 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 124 Write 108 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 103 66% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 32GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.8% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 83%

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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	1,338x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	460x
Core i5-7400Intel $84Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	698x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	464x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	391x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	49x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	228x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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