Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 20:23
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	NLD-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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 179 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 451 46% 373 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 (SLI Disabled) 1,205 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Nvidia(10DE 0868) 1.5GB Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 270.57 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.1% Very poor	Lighting 22.5 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 24.2 18% 26.8 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 16.5 Splatting 25.5 20% 25.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
ARRAY0 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 172 Mixed 152 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.88 4K Mixed 0.92 216% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
ARRAY1 68GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 63GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 108 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 3.16 4K Mixed 0.73 165% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 102%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 64GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 58GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 13.2 Mixed 18 24% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.38 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.81 72% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0 2x4GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	9x

RAM
M378B5273CH0 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 117 samples	13x
HMT351U6BFR8 4x4GBHynixBench 49%, 61 samples	9x
HMT41GU7BFR8 HMT351U6CFR8 HMT451U6DFR8 HMT351U6EFR8 20GBHynixBench 56%, 12 samples	9x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $585

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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