Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170712
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 22:58
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 633 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 07DB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Lighting 6.23 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 5.78 5% 7.07 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 6.23 Splatting 12.6 7% 8.31 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 7%
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: 436.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.1% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 84.9 Parallax 74.8 64% 79.5 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 80.4 64% 77.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 727GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 450 452 355 333 433 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 464 Mixed 433 SusWrite 410 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 49.7 166% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 337 255% 343 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 132%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 117 114 104 112 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 384 Write 194 Mixed 508 SusWrite 132 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 8.5 79% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 282 290% 484 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 490GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 129 129 129 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 173 Write 142 Mixed 85 SusWrite 129 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 2x8GB 7,552 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,330x
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 $295	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