Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R5 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 01NYPT
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 08:51
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 59.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 71% 132 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 586 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2307 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.7 86% 104 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 101 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,420 Write 756 Mixed 473 193% 883 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59.3 172% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 833 DQ Write 738 DQ Mixed 520 463% 697 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 207%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 487GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 167 167 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 121 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 166 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 42%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 49%

Yacht

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	129x
NVMe LITEON 256GBCx2-8b256-q11Bench 168%, 2,143 samples	128x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	50x

RAM
HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 39%, 5,448 samples	300x
16ATF2G64AZ-2G1B1 1x16GBMicronBench 39%, 1,618 samples	120x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 73%, 22,760 samples	101x

Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

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