Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 04:14
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 811 72% 609 Pts	64-Core 1,048 65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.4% 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: 417.35 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 130 Parallax 127 98% 126 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 122 Splatting 100 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,026 Write 707 Mixed 971 200% 901 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 49.9 173% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 598 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 295 292% 468 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 167%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 753GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 180 182 159 148 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 173 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 167 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,858 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 22.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.7% 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	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