Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '22 at 03:38
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 743 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 186 Parallax 193 137% 183 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 176 Splatting 0.2 74% 103 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T1B0B-00AS 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 738GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 256 300 289 289 278 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 457 Write 418 Mixed 263 SusWrite 287 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 25.5 87% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 195 156% 226 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 82%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$75 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 377GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 947 704 843 805 825 795 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,671 Write 1733 Mixed 1,472 SusWrite 820 320% 1,424 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 56.3 185% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 914 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 216 232% 411 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 297%
Seagate ST3000LM024-2AN17R 3TB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 116 110 113 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 61.4 Write 107 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 109 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.6 174% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 930GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 118 113 117 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 171 Write 113 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 114 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 26 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,340x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	462x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	699x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	465x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	179x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	392x
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	228x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	158x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $29	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