Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	114% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	19.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '21 at 11:20
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$234 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 267 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 561 66% 509 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 222 Parallax 145 112% 168 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 90% 111 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 212 193 195 177 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 699 Write 296 Mixed 324 SusWrite 207 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 40.6 151% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 571 DQ Mixed 118 221% 440 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 167%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 199 199 200 202 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 142 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 200 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
BUFFALO HD-PNTU3 2TB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 257GB free, PID 01e7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 64 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 62 Write 62.8 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 63 78% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XRGM6C-MIB KHX3200C16D4/16GX 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.7% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 21 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

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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	1,344x
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	464x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	700x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	466x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	394x
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	229x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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