Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110725
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 11:24
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$182 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 465 54% 418 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 047E) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.28% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.22 1% 1.46 fps	MRender 2.24 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 2.48 2% 1.89 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.28% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 414 Write 130 Mixed 189 SusWrite 128 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 25.8 96% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 69.8 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 95.1 73% 97.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 116 119 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 113 Write 111 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 116 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 830B NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

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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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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 $182Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,656x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,268x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	693x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	766x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	324x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	306x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	177x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	71x

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

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $210

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16