Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	13.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 06:30
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 818 83% 673 Pts	64-Core 1,079 67% 1,079 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 131 Parallax 121 93% 122 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 123 Splatting 108 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 1TB 6,131 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1455 844 748 338 199 462 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 276 Write 1,512 Mixed 620 SusWrite 674 177% 771 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 71.4 224% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 931 DQ Write 817 DQ Mixed 885 660% 878 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 287%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAC70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 191 193 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 191 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 191 109% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 125GB 437 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 113GB free, PID 0cd1, Lexar 2220H Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 58 58 55 60 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 243 Write 21.1 Mixed 126 SusWrite 53.9 121% 111 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 11.3 979% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 16.4 DQ Mixed 12.8 1,064% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 83%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	844x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	548x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	491x

Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $633

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