Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170821
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 00:52
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 697 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 07DB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.84 6% 9.21 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.4 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 2,197 Write 4.6 Mixed 57.1 156% 753 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 7.33 58% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 35.8 DQ Mixed 20.9 55% 125 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 211 211 25779634386 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 75 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 798 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 798 (C2) HDA temperature 152 152 188979544100 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 119 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3465414 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20447655	110% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 194 Mixed 176 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KYXC0V-MIH 1x16GB 242 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 12.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 46%

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System: Alienware Aurora R6

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	1,330x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	447x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 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	57x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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