Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 00:49
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 way below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 68.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 76% 141 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 614 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 100 Parallax 90.8 80% 96.5 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 78.4 72% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$62 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 360 365 351 356 363 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 377 Mixed 316 SusWrite 360 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 40.1 151% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 218 200% 307 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 130%
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 248GB free Firmware: 16.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 133 143 139 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
ROG ESD-S1C 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 925GB free, PID 1932 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 654 648 629 649 651 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 197%

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 below expectations (31^st percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.2 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 46%

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

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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