Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	254% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 22:27
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 705 76% 603 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 132 110% 138 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 127 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,703 Write 1,326 Mixed 1,400 397% 1,810 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 30.6 192% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 59.7 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 32.3 80% 157 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 254%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 109GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,590 Write 753 Mixed 1,037 248% 1,127 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 31.9 174% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.3 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 27.2 82% 165 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55564728 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 58 8597413093 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 634 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 77310590996 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 43 82109202462 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8328 (C2) HDA temperature 30 57 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97620311671142 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3479681888 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2746417617	116% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 198 Mixed 165 142% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.12 62% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36539880 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4662898 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5051 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 122685740810498 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3923778138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 141492380773	97.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 165 Mixed 166 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.12 50% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 232 232 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 7001 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 6906307412204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 168101 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 201864249374 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 39 39 17179884888	60.7% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 111 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.14 47% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 61%

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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%

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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 $300	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