Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	15.1 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '20 at 07:53
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 553 60% 474 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.6% 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: 445.87 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 87.8 Reflection 96.5 Parallax 90.3 72% 91.5 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 84.9 Splatting 87 71% 86.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 693 Write 489 Mixed 651 136% 611 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 47.3 164% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 795 DQ Write 455 DQ Mixed 186 256% 479 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 141%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 465GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 382 405 429 431 422 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 436 Mixed 379 SusWrite 403 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 32.4 107% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 282 227% 319 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 118%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 54GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 82 60 87 99 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 76.8 Write 76.5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 78.3 45% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 4TB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1404 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 161 161 161 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 123 Write 142 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 159 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 282% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 101%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 909GB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 114 112 113 114 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 180 Write 186 Mixed 129 SusWrite 114 202% 152 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 1.1 284% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 99%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 510GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 38.7 Mixed 26 SusWrite 38.3 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 47% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AXIOM MEMORY Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH Kingston X5H5PW-MIB Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 28GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 70%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,333x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	452x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	460x
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
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16