Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130924
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 18:06
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$100 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 173 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 449 46% 370 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2125) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$25 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 47 44 45 50 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 73 Write 70.1 Mixed 35 SusWrite 47 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 0D9B 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

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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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Typical OptiPlex 990 Builds (Compare 3,999 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $100Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,667x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,272x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	696x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	766x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	326x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	308x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	179x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	71x

RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	67x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	61x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	60x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363