Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 01:00
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 168 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 310 41% 307 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 03BC) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 24 Parallax 27.6 26% 27.8 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 26 Splatting 29.9 22% 25.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 31 3.9 19 108 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 423 Write 253 Mixed 190 SusWrite 69.1 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 17 49% 12.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 55%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 80 80 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 86 Write 86.2 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 79 55% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 HMT351U6CFR8C-PB ABA6 K1N7HK-ELC 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,196x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,324x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	567x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	449x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	394x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	202x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	85x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	61x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	79x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	59x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	50x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $278

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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