Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	56.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190211
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '19 at 11:13
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 693 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 104% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 211 163 151 134 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 463 Mixed 378 SusWrite 201 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 53.7 178% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 346 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 766GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2262 2208 1490 1489 1506 1509 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2462 Write 2,235 Mixed 1,690 SusWrite 1,744 456% 2,033 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 81.1 267% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,165 DQ Write 940 DQ Mixed 1,052 788% 1,052 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 410%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 212 209 210 208 213 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0342 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 168 168 167 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 126 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 166 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CRC 4x16GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 24.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 153%

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Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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) $30	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