Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics123% 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 Drive317% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170605
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 09 '17 at 00:19
Run Duration160 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Memory 83
1-Core 130
2-Core 247
85% 153 Pts
4-Core 497
8-Core 705
75% 601 Pts
64-Core 705
44% 705 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
123% Outstanding
Lighting 172
Reflection 190
Parallax 165
140% 176 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 166
Splatting 112
106% 131 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 123%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
920GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 406
Mixed 419
99% 444 MB/s
4K Read 45.7
4K Write 71.7
4K Mixed 47.8
168% 55.1 MB/s
DQ Read 313
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 108
120% 206 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 109%
Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249
886GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
317% Outstanding
Read 2,755
Write 1,956
Mixed 1,853
485% 2,188 MB/s
4K Read 53.1
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 67.4
228% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 524
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 158
177% 309 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 317%
Great: 363%
Seagate ST6000NE0021-2EN11C 6TB
5.5TB free
Firmware: EN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 214
Write 220
Mixed 195
158% 210 MB/s
4K Read 1.37
4K Write 5.93
4K Mixed 0.35
206% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 125%
Great: 125%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
782GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
63.4% Good
Read 114
Write 107
Mixed 90.6
78% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.34
4K Write 1.36
4K Mixed 0.15
56% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 63.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
81% Excellent
MC Read 29.1
MC Write 31.6
MC Mixed 25.5
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 33.8
SC Mixed 25.2
74% 25.8 GB/s
Latency 75.2
53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 81%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora R6

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $299
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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