Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.9% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '20 at 16:48
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 127 2-Core 211 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 695 67% 554 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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: 442.23 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 118 102% 128 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 191 218 208 204 218 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 438 Mixed 437 SusWrite 206 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 51.8 173% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 267 219% 315 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 123%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 66GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 352 442 454 453 457 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 439 Mixed 433 SusWrite 409 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 53.7 173% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 281 229% 325 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 197 198 197 194 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 160 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 194 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH36-135-K 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 01BA 8GBF1X08QFHH36-135-K 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 21.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 103%

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

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Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,331x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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