Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170922
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 04:08
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 615 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 460 256 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Dell(1028 1008) 2GB CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 26.8 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 34.2 22% 30.5 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 25.4 Splatting 33.9 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 136 136 25786581293 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 515 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 524 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 524 (C2) HDA temperature 134 134 223339282473 (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 1812 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19805436181 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27325847951	108% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 193 Mixed 181 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.24 109% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 149 149 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (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 40 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 487 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 193274642463 (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	70.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 118 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 75%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 400GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 170 170 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (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 40 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 484 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 176094773278 (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	67.9% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 107 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.14 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G3B1 1x16GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 46%

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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