Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 00:26
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 192 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 557 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8870 61 User benchmarks, average bench 24% AMD(1002 0B05) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 43.2 29% 36.8 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 37.4 27% 32.3 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 522GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 121 143 159 162 147 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 180 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 145 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 346GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 150 149 149 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 103 Write 116 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 149 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M 4x4GB 460 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 35.3 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	123x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	58x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	54x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $262

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