Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.1% 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	259% 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	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 (71%). 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 14:05
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (42^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 225 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 709 64% 542 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.2% 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: 451.67 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 93.3 Reflection 107 Parallax 98.2 76% 99.6 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 97 Splatting 97.5 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PCIe SSD 2TB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1634 1175 1110 1115 1118 1120 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 1,236 Write 2,525 Mixed 1,698 SusWrite 1,212 379% 1,668 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 80.9 266% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,276 DQ Write 1,107 DQ Mixed 1,182 889% 1,188 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 289%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2TB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 453 419 416 421 421 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 415 Mixed 374 SusWrite 429 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 48 171% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 256 217% 317 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 118%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 94GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 84 83 83 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 90.2 Write 87.7 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 83 51% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 27GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 8 8 8 8.1 8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 7.7 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 7.9 10% 7.62 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.6 103% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 19%

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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 23.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

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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