Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	99.4% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170712
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 02:28
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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)	79.4% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 613 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.4% 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: 456.71 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 120 Parallax 110 88% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 116 Splatting 95.1 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 395 288 245 208 184 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 426 Mixed 424 SusWrite 288 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 46.7 156% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 334 251% 337 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 413 424 421 386 361 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 428 Mixed 408 SusWrite 402 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 51.3 168% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 335 253% 339 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 900GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 133 133 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 106 Write 140 Mixed 111 SusWrite 128 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 178 178 178 177 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 102 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 175 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GB 24,860 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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