Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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 Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181107
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 20:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 697 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 152 Parallax 146 128% 152 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 136 Splatting 100 108% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 139GB free Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 328 340 336 343 345 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,880 Write 502 Mixed 1,150 SusWrite 342 213% 968 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 70.6 244% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 726 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 283 283% 465 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 193%
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 128GB 3,901 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 102GB free Firmware: EXT08D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 134 133 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 490 Write 137 Mixed 139 SusWrite 133 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 8 99% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 65.1 96% 188 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 118GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 325 325 325 326 326 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 467 Mixed 451 SusWrite 343 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.2 192% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 349 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 150 111 152 166 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 191 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 148 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$114 144,399 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 114%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	449x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	696x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	458x
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
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	75x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16