Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive146% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180223
Uptime3 Days
Run DateNov 02 '18 at 02:06
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 39%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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)
82.7% Excellent
Memory 89.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 229
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 687
66% 547 Pts
64-Core 696
43% 696 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74.8% Very good
Lighting 91.8
Reflection 99.3
Parallax 87
75% 92.7 fps
MRender 90.4
Gravity 89
Splatting 93.8
75% 91.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 246 212 204 204 200 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
146% Outstanding
Read 1140
Write 787
Mixed 819
SusWrite 225
165% 743 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 58.6
201% 72 MB/s
DQ Read 833
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 310
288% 463 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 146%
Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
679GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 119 119 121 120 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
68.4% Good
Read 120
Write 114
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 119
68% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2A2400C16 Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 029E CMU16GX4M2A2400C16 Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 32GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
80% Excellent
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 25.4
81% 28.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 23.7
69% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 67.4
59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 80%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,121 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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