Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.6% 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	196% 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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '18 at 05:34
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 890 87% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,210 75% 1,210 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Dell(1028 3471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 138 Parallax 116 105% 127 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssdpekkf256g8 NVMe INTEL 256GB 1,391 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: D05N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 276 281 283 282 283 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,511 Write 1,062 Mixed 1,080 SusWrite 303 220% 989 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 83.4 278% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 824 DQ Write 542 DQ Mixed 283 319% 549 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 384GB 1,400 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 280GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 944 959 966 971 970 971 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1085 Write 1,041 Mixed 507 SusWrite 963 202% 899 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 41.9 143% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 709 DQ Write 660 DQ Mixed 683 513% 684 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 2x8GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 22.9 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

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	841x
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	551x
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) $30	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