Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	130% 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	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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '22 at 18:32
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 236 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 610 65% 519 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 140 Parallax 142 101% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 339 370 295 303 356 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 958 Write 413 Mixed 344 SusWrite 338 113% 513 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.3 156% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 659 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 420 336% 480 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 155%
Samsung PM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 289GB free Firmware: DXT03D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 320 317 326 331 329 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 382 Write 321 Mixed 188 SusWrite 323 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 25.5 105% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 66.5 100% 193 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 174 172 175 176 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 174 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 173 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 114 114 114 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 79.4 Write 119 Mixed 89.1 SusWrite 102 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 199% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 67%
WD Game Drive 8TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free, PID 2631 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 35.4 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 38 49% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.5 201% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 25.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 94%

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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	1,336x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	456x
Core i5-7400Intel $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	698x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	464x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	390x
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
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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