Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.9% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1154 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 07:34
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 152 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 438 43% 352 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.2% 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 CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 853 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 23.3 17% 25.1 fps	MRender 33.6 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 24.2 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 31%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 57 84 94 95 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 94 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 82.9 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0 4x4GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 51%

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 $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