Alienware Aurora R6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics120% 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 Drive149% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware Aurora R6  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07HV66
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190620
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateJul 19 '19 at 20:47
Run Duration240 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 124
2-Core 237
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 438
8-Core 656
68% 547 Pts
64-Core 684
42% 684 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
Dell(1028 3600) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 165
Reflection 182
Parallax 181
134% 176 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 167
Splatting 116
108% 133 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 120%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02duk NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB
816GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 408 346 273 395 287 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
149% Outstanding
Read 1,006
Write 938
Mixed 892
SusWrite 373
180% 802 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 31.4
170% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 928
DQ Write 709
DQ Mixed 812
609% 816 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 149%
Great: 173%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB
659GB free, PID ce23
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 31 32 37 36 36 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
16.4% Very poor
Read 34.5
Write 37.2
Mixed 26
SusWrite 34.6
45% 33.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 16.4%
Great: 19%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB
711GB free, PID 0184
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 115 112 124 121 121 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
54.6% Above average
Read 132
Write 97.8
Mixed 64.2
SusWrite 120
135% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
136% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 54.6%
Great: 60%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 32GB-$7
29GB free, PID 0243
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 28 28 32 32 32 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
22% Poor
Read 105
Write 36.7
Mixed 52.7
SusWrite 31.1
66% 56.4 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 22%
Great: 34%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB
3GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 3.3 14 12 13 15 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
2.51% Terrible
Read 2
Write 3.8
Mixed 4.2
SusWrite 10.2
8% 5.05 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 2.51%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
83.7% Excellent
MC Read 32.1
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 25.3
85% 29.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 29
SC Mixed 26.4
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 62.2
64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Aurora R6 Builds (Compare 2,118 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht

System: Alienware Aurora R6

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $299
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