Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	194% 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 00:37
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 677 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 117 Parallax 210 113% 155 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 163 116% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 07DB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.5% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 8.53 6% 9.08 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 0.04 4% 6.45 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.5% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 285 283 282 275 281 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,864 Write 1,176 Mixed 762 SusWrite 306 227% 1,027 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 41.5 208% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 996 DQ Write 777 DQ Mixed 859 650% 878 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 243%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 159GB free Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 433 435 445 442 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 373 Mixed 340 SusWrite 429 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 23.5 131% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 36.4 77% 155 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 96 191 191 184 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 178 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 165 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%

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Workstation 55%

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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) $35	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