Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware alienware (all builds)
Motherboard	alienware alienware
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '17 at 03:09
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.3% Average	Memory 82.9 1-Core 28.1 2-Core 64.1 41% 58.4 Pts	4-Core 45.9 8-Core 81.5 8% 63.7 Pts	64-Core 76.3 5% 76.3 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 45.7 31% 39 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 39.4 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc12 0G1SA754D117 120GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: N053 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 252 Write 155 Mixed 191 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 15.7 84% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 59.1 DQ Mixed 14.1 19% 32.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 46%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 165 Mixed 150 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 226GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 120 Write 101 Mixed 96.6 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DRAM Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.2% Poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 5.6 17% 5.97 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 5.7 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 65%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	5x
Core2 QuadIntel $90Bench 43%, 5,765 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	2x
Radeon HD 4870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled)ATIBench 7%, 438 samples	2x
GeForce GTX 555NvidiaBench 11%, 717 samples	2x

SSD
Sol id State Dis 512GBSpccBench 52%, 11 samples	4x
M500 240GBCrucial $73Bench 77%, 31,779 samples	3x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x

Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $364

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