Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 05:56
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 417 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 94 86% 105 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 99.5 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 662GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 56 188979675164 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 192909799 (F7) Unknown 100 100 6092302 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2689078 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3543 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77.3% Very good	Read 479 Write 337 Mixed 337 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 19.9 87% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 41.3 89% 186 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 104%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 12 59GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 55GB free Firmware: X413 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.8% Above average	Read 504 Write 218 Mixed 267 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 13.6 74% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 47 DQ Mixed 11.1 15% 27.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Drobo 5C 70.5TB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 65TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 41.3 Mixed 41.4 54% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 4.74 4K Mixed 0.68 189% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	448x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	458x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	389x
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
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16