Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.5% 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	163% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 23:03
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 778 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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: 385.69 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 93.1 84% 103 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 93.4 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.9 83% 103 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 82.9 69% 84.4 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 978GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 68 137440198686 (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 10997394 (F7) Unknown 100 100 352967 (F8) Unknown 100 100 151227 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4399 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.7% Excellent	Read 484 Write 345 Mixed 341 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 24.7 98% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 54.7 101% 204 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 105%
Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,492 Write 741 Mixed 962 235% 1,065 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 18.8 133% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 25.7 132% 302 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 167%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 295GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13687 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 379 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 93 93 6188 (EB) Unknown 99 99 225 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45698979085	89.7% Excellent	Read 510 Write 349 Mixed 356 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 25.7 120% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 98.7 122% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 126%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 669GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 148 148 12894404772 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 186 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 176095232035 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 40 (F1) Unknown 100 100 574024538 (F2) Unknown 100 100 94389701	92% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 161 Mixed 158 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XRGM6C-MIB 2x16GB 324 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 28.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.2 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,331x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	449x
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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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