Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 18:48
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 171 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 527 51% 420 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Nvidia(10DE 095B) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 45.6 52% 48.4 fps	MRender 48.6 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 33.3 32% 40.7 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 465GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 116 136 123 141 142 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 173 Write 155 Mixed 75 SusWrite 126 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 912GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 202 198 203 203 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 159 Mixed 81 SusWrite 202 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 4x4GB 2,354 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 33.9 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	123x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	58x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	54x

Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $262

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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