Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware Aurora R7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0VDT73
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190117
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 05:36
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 829 78% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,073 66% 1,073 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 3301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 110 Parallax 92 81% 100 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 96.6 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 16.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 136 139 163 155 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 179 177 184 184 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 150 Mixed 92 SusWrite 180 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 386% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 469GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 103 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 93.7 Write 96 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 103 107% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 25% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 44%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 4GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 8.8 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 24.2 Write 5.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 8.7 13% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.5 164% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6H1 2x8GB 8,965 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.2 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 85%

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	841x
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	551x
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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