Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.5% 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 Drive159% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200611
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 26 '20 at 20:45
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 92.2
1-Core 140
2-Core 268
93% 167 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 723
73% 591 Pts
64-Core 722
45% 722 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.5% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 142
Parallax 122
104% 131 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 117
Splatting 105
91% 111 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.5%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 728 753 772 572 259 230 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 1,021
Write 771
Mixed 699
SusWrite 552
170% 761 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 46.2
170% 63.6 MB/s
DQ Read 739
DQ Write 727
DQ Mixed 829
596% 765 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 159%
Great: 167%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
513GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 188 187 186 189 190 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 178
Mixed 77.4
SusWrite 188
116% 159 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 109%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
77.9% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 22.4
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 31
SC Mixed 24.8
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora R6

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $299
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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