Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive115% 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.
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
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180502
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 31 '18 at 07:09
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 (99th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 82.9
1-Core 122
2-Core 245
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 476
8-Core 705
74% 590 Pts
64-Core 701
43% 701 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 144
Parallax 120
108% 132 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 126
Splatting 103
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
176GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 216 240 241 238 235 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 601
Write 392
Mixed 494
SusWrite 243
97% 433 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 43
172% 65.7 MB/s
DQ Read 787
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 379
323% 488 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 115%
Great: 141%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB
464GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 108 108 109 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
61.4% Good
Read 106
Write 98.2
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 108
67% 91.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 61%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50
465GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 112 112 112 112 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
64.4% Good
Read 113
Write 110
Mixed 69.7
SusWrite 111
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 64.4%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.6% Average
MC Read 13.8
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 11.8
38% 13.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 14.5
SC Mixed 14
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 40.6%
Great: 77%

 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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