Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180720
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '18 at 21:07
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 743 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 135 110% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+1.8TBHDD 582 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 117 132 133 143 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 43% Great: 97%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 170GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 55 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 91.9 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 104 106 107 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 110 Write 100 Mixed 73 SusWrite 105 130% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 0.7 296% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,310 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 67GB free, PID 0202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 86 87 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 77.8 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 85.9 91% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 45%

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 below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.5% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 21.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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	843x
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	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 $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