Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.5% 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.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120402
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '21 at 20:53
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 198 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 481 53% 421 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 16.3 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 18.5 13% 17.6 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 16.7 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,031 Write 3,738 Mixed 4,159 958% 4,309 MB/s	4K Read 308 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 207 830% 233 MB/s	DQ Read 715 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 565 427% 579 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 15 15 15 14 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 25.1 Write 19.4 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 15.1 15% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.6 194% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 93%
WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0 2TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.5 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	9.94% Terrible	Read 29.6 Write 18.4 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 1.2 21% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.94% Great: 47%
WDC WD15 EARS-60MVWB0 1.5TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 506GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 10 11 12 11 12 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Read 25.8 Write 18 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 10 22% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 26% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 M378B5773DH0-CH9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 10GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 48%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,200x
Core i7-2600Intel $190Bench 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 $29Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16