Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '21 at 08:24
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 81.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 732 82% 645 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 166 Parallax 160 124% 159 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 158 Splatting 111 104% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T1B0B-00AS 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 674GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 285 300 298 297 298 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 444 Write 398 Mixed 242 SusWrite 293 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 23 93% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 231 198% 293 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3000LM024-2AN17R 3TB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 105 116 115 114 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 100 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 110 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 125 127 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 114 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 124 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA HDWE160 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 170 181 180 180 181 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.5% Very good	Read 190 Write 182 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 177 208% 157 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 8.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KYXC0V-MID 1x16GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.3 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,340x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	462x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	699x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	465x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	392x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	61x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples	49x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	228x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16