Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.4% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '23 at 16:34
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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-$185 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 197 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 573 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 128 Parallax 119 97% 122 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 125 Splatting 109 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,721 Write 1,048 Mixed 653 250% 1,141 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 52.5 162% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 616 DQ Write 481 DQ Mixed 526 400% 541 MB/s
Poor: 107% Great: 243%
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 512GB 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 69GB free Firmware: ECFM13.3 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,132 Write 1,819 Mixed 1,229 314% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 52.5 158% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 615 450% 597 MB/s
Poor: 109% Great: 275%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 123 122 121 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 148 Write 128 Mixed 96 SusWrite 121 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G3H1 1x16GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 46%

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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: 0P 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	67	52	60	27.5"	1280 720	SAM0E00 U28H75x

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $185Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,235x
Core i7-7700KIntel $289Bench 84%, 634,862 samples	434x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	647x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	424x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	167x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	359x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	53x
PC300 SK hy 256GBNvmeBench 113%, 3,798 samples	48x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	214x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GBMicronBench 73%, 7,552 samples	150x
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	69x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $304

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $295	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	Crucial MX500 250GB $35
Intel Core i5-12400F $146	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $199	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $340	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16