Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	75.2% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '22 at 20:32
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 716 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% 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: 457.51 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 184 Parallax 194 134% 181 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 177 Splatting 121 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T1B0B-00AS 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 749GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 235 300 298 297 298 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 378 Write 323 Mixed 233 SusWrite 289 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 28.2 92% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 220 188% 277 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 82%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 379GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1192 591 826 833 821 842 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,872 Write 1,109 Mixed 1,211 SusWrite 851 281% 1,260 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 69.4 245% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 685 DQ Write 571 DQ Mixed 621 467% 626 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 297%
Seagate ST3000LM024-2AN17R 3TB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 100 114 114 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 59.2 Write 79.9 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 110 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 909GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 100 117 118 116 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 144 Write 114 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 113 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 114%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 126GB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 81GB free, PID 00b2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 65 97 62 96 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 120 Write 37.4 Mixed 14.9 SusWrite 75.9 71% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.1 89% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 26 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 24.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 94%

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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