Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	527% 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	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '21 at 23:56
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 210 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 668 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.1% 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: 471.96 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 153 Parallax 154 124% 153 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 133 Splatting 118 116% 146 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 26 34 37 37 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	527% Outstanding	Read 5,768 Write 42.9 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 33.5 308% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 728 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 5.7 1,113% 246 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 527% Great: 141%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 565GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 338 281 315 280 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 402 Mixed 385 SusWrite 315 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 40.1 129% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 288 226% 315 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 125%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 519GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 4.5 8.1 12 11 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 75%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 2,552 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 00ee Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 3.6 5.4 7.2 5.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	6.01% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 4 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 5.5 14% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.01% Great: 10%
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: 19 22 19 17 15 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.16% Terrible	Read 19.9 Write 0.2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 17.5 13% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.16% 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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 24.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.4% 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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Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,342x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	462x
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	465x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	393x
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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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