Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.3% 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 Drive84.3% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200611
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 21 '21 at 18:27
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Memory 86.3
1-Core 132
2-Core 259
88% 159 Pts
4-Core 433
8-Core 646
67% 540 Pts
64-Core 678
42% 678 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.3% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 112
Parallax 102
83% 105 fps
MRender 93.4
Gravity 103
Splatting 102
82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB
145GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HC8110D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 304 374 344 380 382 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Read 424
Write 348
Mixed 274
SusWrite 349
78% 349 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 55.6
4K Mixed 26.4
105% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 198
181% 279 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 103%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB
288GB free
Firmware: JP2OA41A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 105 105 103 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
63.1% Good
Read 117
Write 104
Mixed 59.2
SusWrite 103
70% 95.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 76%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
931GB free
Firmware: AX1R4C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 112 111 110 110 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
63.2% Good
Read 110
Write 94.7
Mixed 35.6
SusWrite 110
64% 87.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA451U6MFR8N-TF 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.4% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 23.3
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 17.7
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 100%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora R6

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $299
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