Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.4% 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	247% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '20 at 23:09
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 865 86% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 134 Parallax 129 102% 130 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 127 Splatting 99.8 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 326 324 323 326 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,243 Write 1,421 Mixed 1,176 SusWrite 356 288% 1,299 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 87.2 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 958 DQ Mixed 1,001 742% 978 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 255%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 176GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 379 380 378 379 380 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 327 Write 328 Mixed 270 SusWrite 380 74% 326 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 27.2 90% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 141 104% 137 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 189 184 190 188 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 101 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 187 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 54,651 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.8 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 118%

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	845x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	153x

RAM
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 8,965 samples	552x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 9,471 samples	550x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 6,858 samples	495x

Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16