Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121026
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '20 at 22:16
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 85.8 2-Core 171 65% 112 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 471 47% 382 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.4 94% 110 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 32 33 33 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 325GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 152 150 152 150 150 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 155 Mixed 87 SusWrite 152 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 800GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 26.7 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 27.8 35% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BD160B.C1 2x8GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 17.5 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 57%

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	122x
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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