Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 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 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	110% 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	115% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	53.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '21 at 02:46
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 71.1 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 193 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 467 51% 404 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 69 Parallax 150 121% 122 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 116 94% 116 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 386 391 383 382 388 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 795 Write 385 Mixed 452 SusWrite 386 112% 504 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 30.9 115% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 719 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 483 380% 533 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 142%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$199 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 404 420 398 403 393 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 394 Mixed 345 SusWrite 403 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 35.3 118% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 336 254% 340 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 122%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 867GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 357 368 351 356 350 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 347 Write 343 Mixed 323 SusWrite 356 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 21.8 70% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 131 94% 121 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 172 176 170 172 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 140 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 170 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.8 345% 3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,655 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 681GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 98 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 107 Write 65.3 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 97.9 109% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 43%
WD Elements 2620 5TB 4,390 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4.5TB free, PID 2620 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 113 113 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 113 140% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 159% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 931GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 42 41 42 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 35.8 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 40.7 49% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 4x16GB 11,909 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 128%

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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	7	5	60	84.6"	1280 720	SAM7140 Q90A

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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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	697x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	462x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16