Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '23 at 01:57
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2120-$52 77,810 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 63.9 2-Core 107 51% 81 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 179 22% 171 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 240 4,978 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 210B) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.69% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 5.2 Parallax 10.1 5% 7.07 fps	MRender 4.3 Gravity 8 Splatting 4.4 4% 5.57 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.69% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ramsta S800 128GB 439 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: RY26V0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 247 245 269 100 188 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 360 Write 266 Mixed 262 SusWrite 216 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 8.5 77% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 13.2 60% 129 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E660 500GB 1,703 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 180GB free Firmware: GR2ZC230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 72 71 71 70 70 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 54.9 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 70.3 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 M378B5273EBO-YKO M378B5273CH0-CK0 M378B5273EBO-YKO 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.6 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	26	6	60	18.5"	1366 768	DELF065 DELL E1916H

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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	2,227x
Core i7-2600Intel $91Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,341x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	576x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	454x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	397x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	208x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	85x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	62x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	80x
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

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