Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	14.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 05:57
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 814 82% 667 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 043B) 2GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 22.4 14% 19 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 18.8 14% 16.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+1.8TBHDD 582 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 14 15 15 16 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 43% Great: 97%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$71 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 175 175 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 175 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 23.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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	843x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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