Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171006
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 06:27
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 703 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 913 56% 913 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 100%

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: 398.36 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 131 Parallax 122 98% 124 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 115 Splatting 95.8 85% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,119 Write 253 Mixed 364 125% 579 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.7 157% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 413 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 297 240% 340 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 193%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 499GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 152 158 155 153 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 155 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 154 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 4,758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 87%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 83%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	844x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

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