Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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.
Graphics108% 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 Drive165% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200611
Uptime5.3 Days
Run DateDec 17 '20 at 05:54
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 90.8
1-Core 141
2-Core 275
93% 169 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 741
74% 600 Pts
64-Core 738
46% 738 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
108% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 143
Parallax 143
113% 141 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 142
Splatting 116
104% 128 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 108%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
230GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 686 681 678 673 671 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
165% Outstanding
Read 876
Write 693
Mixed 608
SusWrite 685
160% 715 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 46.6
174% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 841
DQ Write 712
DQ Mixed 831
608% 795 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 165%
Great: 172%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
783GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 204 205 206 205 207 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 193
Mixed 80.6
SusWrite 206
122% 168 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 114%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KYXC0V-MID 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
46% Average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 13.2
43% 15.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 15.5
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 46%
Great: 46%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,122 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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HDDRAMUSB
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