Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '21 at 06:34
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 213 70% 128 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 578 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.5% 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: 471.41 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.5% Very good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.7 71% 95.5 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 88.5 Splatting 87 72% 88 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 81 78 57 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 333 Write 140 Mixed 305 SusWrite 82.1 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 16.7 80% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 788 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 29.3 166% 391 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 355GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 79 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 72.3 Write 70.5 Mixed 18 SusWrite 78.7 43% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 75%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 13,327 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 188 187 190 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 192 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 186 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.8 311% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 102%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 533GB free Firmware: 0107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 76 76 76 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 83.7 Write 63 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 75.8 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 8502 3000 C16 Series Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.4% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 95.1 42% 95.1 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	60	27"	1280 720	BNQ7F41 BenQ RL2755

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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 $91Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	697x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	463x
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 $293	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16