Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora-R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FPV4P
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131126
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '16 at 22:46
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 175 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 374 43% 337 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5382 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 103 94% 112 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 84.2 76% 93.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 950GB 440 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 778GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 62% Great: 198%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 255GB free Firmware: 0302 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,489 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 32.6 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 79%

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