Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '16 at 23:05
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 497 52% 419 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 67.5 55% 68 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 55.3 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 188GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.7% Good	Read 270 Write 209 Mixed 219 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 35.1 122% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 74.9 81% 135 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 516GB free Firmware: 1A01 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 119 Write 149 Mixed 138 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 109%
Crucial_CT240M50 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 71GB free Firmware: MU05 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 63% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4A Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 86.4 Mixed 72.2 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 2x8GB 237 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	123x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	58x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	54x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $262

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