Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	82% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '20 at 17:56
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 674 74% 585 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 176 Parallax 193 137% 179 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 176 Splatting 121 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T1B0B-00AS 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 682GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 276 296 276 256 265 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 477 Write 441 Mixed 315 SusWrite 285 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 30.9 100% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 227 195% 289 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3000LM024-2AN17R 3TB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 106 104 112 110 108 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 59.4 Write 88.3 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 108 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 176% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 143 141 141 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 117 Write 103 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 142 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA HDWE160 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 180 177 178 177 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.2% Very good	Read 165 Write 181 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 179 205% 152 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 195% 7.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KYXC0V-MID 1x16GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.1 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 9.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 46%

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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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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,336x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	457x
Core i5-7400Intel $88Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	698x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	464x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16