Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94% 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.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07JNH0
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '21 at 21:40
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 178 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 488 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 129 Parallax 125 97% 125 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 113 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 415 Write 332 Mixed 298 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 23.2 91% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 114 92% 131 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 389GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 112 120 123 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 113 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 75 76 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 72.7 Write 48.4 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 73.6 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 34.5 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 91%

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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $271

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