Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	21.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 0FPV4P
Memory	10.7 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	Oct 30 '21 at 03:12
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 100 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 491 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 85.1 68% 87 fps	MRender 83.5 Gravity 82.1 Splatting 73.6 65% 79.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 78 15 41 17 66 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21.6% Poor	Read 158 Write 13.7 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 45.7 13% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 4.8 44% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 218GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 166 168 169 170 168 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 146 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 167 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ABA100V 1TB 5,116 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 897GB free Firmware: MU2OA720 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 140 140 140 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 131 Mixed 28 SusWrite 139 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 34.8 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 13.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

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