Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	139% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 14:00
Run Duration	492 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 708 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Dell(1028 1005) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.8% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 61.2 36% 56.5 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 52.1 44% 53.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,625 Write 318 Mixed 545 179% 829 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 29.2 162% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 117 102% 145 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 814GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 66 208242539 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 901073 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 639434787 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 35 13 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 208242539 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -67890548046171 (F1) Unknown 100 253 322099010 (F2) Unknown 100 253 132779413	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 140 127% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.3 107% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 615GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 65 52722036 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 608 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 751130 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12227771893406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 521404442 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 673 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -29029683951978 (F1) Unknown 100 253 693303149 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91840854 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.6% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 81.4 Mixed 67.4 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.15 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 70%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 125GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 102GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 5.59 Mixed 11.3 14% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.49 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.002 21% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 8%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 32GB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 9GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 3.46 Mixed 5.1 9% 9.58 MB/s	4K Read 3.41 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.97 61% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GB 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 47%

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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	1,336x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	455x
Core i5-7400Intel $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	697x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	464x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	390x
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
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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