Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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 Drive	146% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190211
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 07:10
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 682 66% 545 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 91.6 78% 98 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 99.3 80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 200 152 208 229 233 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,145 Write 760 Mixed 579 SusWrite 224 150% 677 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 60.6 190% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 325% 511 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 514GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 167 165 171 176 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 188 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 170 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 3TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 117 137 137 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 89 SusWrite 130 173% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 449GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 56 59 58 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 86.3 Write 79.2 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 58.1 90% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 37% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 102 98 104 107 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 118 Write 101 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 102 128% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 87%

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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	1,336x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	454x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	697x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	462x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	178x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	390x
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 $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16