Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	133% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07HV66
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 703 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 84%

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: 398.11 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 132 Parallax 125 99% 126 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 117 Splatting 98.8 87% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 264 258 169 223 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,112 Write 705 Mixed 780 SusWrite 232 157% 707 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 57.1 153% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 833 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 506 384% 535 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 141%
PNY CS900 240GB SSD 3 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 33GB free Firmware: CS90 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 224 224 217 226 221 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.2% Very good	Read 521 Write 417 Mixed 272 SusWrite 229 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 19.9 112% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 81.4 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 96.2 102% 162 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KM0VW4-MID 2x8GB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 22.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

Yacht

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	389x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	58x
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

Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $299

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