Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.8% 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	161% 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	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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 18:55
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 690 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.67 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 103 Parallax 93.8 81% 98.7 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 91 Splatting 100 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,593 Write 658 Mixed 623 209% 958 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 33.3 165% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 32.2 72% 139 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221709320 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 531 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32348326 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 487653405 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 550 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 87561498265268 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4729537833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53172397524	107% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 175 Mixed 180 139% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 157 157 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 141 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4660 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 167504510997 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 6 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15674458 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25766820 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	77.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 129 Mixed 124 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 466GB free Firmware: SD23 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8163964 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 244758801 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2254 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 454230043 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 86457 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 21474836507 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 39 8163964 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 105 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 22.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	447x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 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	57x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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