Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	55.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '24 at 21:39
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 205 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 600 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% PNY(196E 138E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.23 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 102 Parallax 94.8 79% 98.2 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 81.5 79% 99.6 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 158 86 77 92 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 579 Write 85.8 Mixed 349 SusWrite 105 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 18.1 59% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 226 198% 308 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 141%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: SVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 409 421 399 400 404 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 408 Write 367 Mixed 366 SusWrite 407 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 23.7 76% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 346 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 136%
WD easystore 25FC 2TB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25fc Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 54.5 Write 35.8 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 40.7 53% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT32G4DFD8266.C16FF 2x31.5GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

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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	766	275	60	23.8"	1280 720	ACR0475 Acer K242HYL

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Gaming 64%

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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	458x
Core i5-7400Intel $85Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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