Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	481% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '21 at 22:33
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 (49^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 566 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3172) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 145 Parallax 149 120% 147 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 127 Splatting 113 110% 139 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 25 25 26 30 44 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	481% Outstanding	Read 5,243 Write 44.9 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 28.5 281% 1,350 MB/s	4K Read 666 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 5.8 1,018% 225 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 481% Great: 141%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 653GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 217 181 178 184 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 469 Write 390 Mixed 395 SusWrite 210 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 17.7 89% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 17.1 DQ Mixed 29.4 57% 124 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 125%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 519GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 20 19 21 20 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 75%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 29GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 14 Mixed 2.7 7% 8.35 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 32%
WD 1600JB External 160GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 120GB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 10 6.8 7.3 7 7.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	8.77% Terrible	Read 12.7 Write 9.7 Mixed 11.7 SusWrite 8.8 14% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.77% Great: 18%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 44GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 16 8.2 8.3 8.6 9.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 0.2 Mixed 6.9 SusWrite 11.7 11% 9.55 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 8%

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 below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 21.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	27.5"	1280 720	SAM0C4D U28E590

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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	1,339x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	460x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	698x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	464x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	391x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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) $39	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