Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	180% 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171115
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 23:01
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 836 88% 702 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 194 Parallax 176 144% 182 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 178 Splatting 122 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,592 Write 707 Mixed 528 205% 942 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 38.7 175% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 523 DQ Write 419 DQ Mixed 3.3 130% 315 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 479GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101672392 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16438176 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 58 403898392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38230 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 77309411352 (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 -46364171958381 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8952485981 (F2) Unknown 100 253 227616309465	90.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 139 Mixed 153 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GB 3,066 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 47%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
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 $177	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