Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190620
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 02:10
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 217 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 615 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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: 457.30 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 91.7 Reflection 104 Parallax 87 75% 94.3 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 93.6 75% 91.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,840 Write 911 Mixed 704 252% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.9 204% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 824 641% 882 MB/s
Poor: 107% Great: 243%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 53GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 22 48 61 66 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 110 Write 97.2 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 52.4 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GB 7,552 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.6 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 83%

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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 $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 $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