Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell OptiPlex 990
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 990  (all builds)
Memory5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150826
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 18 '17 at 14:50
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600-$189
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Memory 92.7
1-Core 96.4
2-Core 176
73% 122 Pts
4-Core 310
8-Core 469
48% 390 Pts
64-Core 461
29% 461 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730
MSI(1462 8A9F) 1GB
CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.67% Terrible
Lighting 9.67
Reflection 8.62
Parallax 9.94
8% 9.41 fps
MRender 11.4
Gravity 8.17
Splatting 7.7
7% 9.08 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.67%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB
679GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
39.8% Below average
Read 72.1
Write 66.1
Mixed 73.2
53% 70.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.42
4K Write 1.99
4K Mixed 0.29
87% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 51%
JMicron H/W RAID5 8TB
3TB free, PID 0567
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
85.8% Excellent
Read 214
Write 201
Mixed 192
258% 202 MB/s
4K Read 6.48
4K Write 3.08
4K Mixed 0.47
145% 3.34 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KP223C-ELD KP223C-ELD KP223C-ELD 9905402-193.A00LF 8GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
49.7% Average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 17.4
MC Mixed 15.3
48% 16.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 16.5
44% 15.4 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 49.7%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical OptiPlex 990 Builds (Compare 3,966 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $217
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