Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '22 at 01:18
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 188 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 541 52% 429 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 868GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 137 152 89 83 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 160 Write 122 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 102 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 107%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$36 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 17GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 74 72 67 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 89 Write 87.1 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 69.9 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%
Hitachi HDS722512VLSA80 124GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 5GB free Firmware: V33OA63A SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 40 31 36 29 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 41.8 Write 38.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 33.1 27% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 941 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 30.6 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 62%

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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $272

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16