Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 21:50
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 546 58% 460 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6391) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 182 Parallax 177 135% 175 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 165 Splatting 116 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 323 311 312 244 236 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 462 Mixed 397 SusWrite 306 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 47.5 149% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 719GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 458 456 454 457 458 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 457 Mixed 418 SusWrite 456 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 39 126% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 159 135% 204 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 97GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 92 91 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.7 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 92.3 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 57%

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 $109Bench 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