Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.44% 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 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	3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 3 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111230
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 06:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$114 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 81.3 1-Core 86.3 2-Core 69.2 54% 78.9 Pts	4-Core 87.5 8-Core 81.5 11% 84.5 Pts	64-Core 83.5 5% 83.5 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3602) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 344.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 7.35 Parallax 8 6% 7.44 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 6.17 5% 6.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 912GB free Firmware: GU00 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3801 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2781 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 272 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4248 (0A) Spinup retry count 154 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1607 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 69604 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159413280 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 34 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 98 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1428 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 341 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	48.7% Average	Read 80 Write 89.5 Mixed 6.33 42% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 49%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$25 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 134 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1253 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1247 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1251 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.6% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 70 Mixed 47.7 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.11 31% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5673FH0-CH9 M378B2873FH0-CH9 3GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 1024 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.8% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 12.2 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 10.3 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 35%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $114Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $142

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $153
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