Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 06:43
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 640 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 127 Parallax 118 94% 120 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 118 Splatting 97.8 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme A400 SanDis 512GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3550012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 996 Write 730 Mixed 419 158% 715 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52.3 188% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 648 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 421 361% 532 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 157%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 62GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 165 168 168 168 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 32 SusWrite 165 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 107%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 365GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 82.2 Write 61.5 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 71.9 87% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston XRGM6C-MIB KHX2666C16/16G 32GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%

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

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 55%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,333x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	450x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	459x
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
HMA82GU6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 43%, 3,066 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16