Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	20.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 046MHW
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '23 at 14:39
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	45.7% Average	Memory 69.9 1-Core 37.2 2-Core 92.8 42% 66.6 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 274 22% 196 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKT1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 113 105 112 104 90 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.4% Poor	Read 109 Write 135 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 104 21% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 4.8 28% 9.2 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 16.9 DQ Mixed 20 18% 27.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 13GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 65 65 67 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 77 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 65.3 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 70%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 149GB free Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 53 51 53 56 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 203 Write 11.7 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 52.9 54% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	14x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	9x

RAM
M378B5273CH0 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 117 samples	13x
HMT351U6BFR8 4x4GBHynixBench 49%, 61 samples	9x
HMT41GU7BFR8 HMT351U6CFR8 HMT451U6DFR8 HMT351U6EFR8 20GBHynixBench 56%, 12 samples	9x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $607

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