Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150826
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 08:18
Run Duration	367 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (49^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-$192 185,630 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 (95^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 456 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.2% 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)	1.25% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.22 1% 1.44 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 2.43 2% 1.83 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.25% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6242 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 92 (B1) Unknown 0 0 122 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21747 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 99 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2 (EA) Unknown 0 0 78 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12255 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7997	63% Good	Read 394 Write 284 Mixed 217 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 15.7 92% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 18.1 28% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC9C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 201866320 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 192 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 316266 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25770196998 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 588840991 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1171 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 179 71942 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36159329664887 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2603169481644 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1734046541974	101% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 192 Mixed 52 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 116GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 97 227192833 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4312583752 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 151 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 605618207 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18109 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 42949672991 (C5) Current pending sector count 93 93 1160 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 93 93 1160 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -47090021431430 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10196650244905 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15812801288418	87.5% Excellent	Read 142 Write 163 Mixed 32 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.33 102% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 114%
Discsoft Virtual 11GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 10GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 55 Write 96.6 Mixed 70.3 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.77 4K Write 4.58 4K Mixed 3.35 697% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%
ASMT 2115 500GB 2,879 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 120GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 24.4 Mixed 11.7 27% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.2 37% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 166%
SanDisk Wireless Stick 32GB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 8GB free, PID 55a9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	9.82% Terrible	Read 12.1 Write 10.6 Mixed 11.5 14% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.33 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 1.12 105% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.82% Great: 12%
Seagate USB 128GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 0GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 32.9 Write 25.3 Mixed 27 35% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.67 4K Write 6.89 4K Mixed 3.51 375% 5.36 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 158%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173CB0-CK0 M378B5273EB0-CK0 M378B5173CB0-CK0 M378B5273EB0-CK0 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,650x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,264x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	690x

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	303x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	176x
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 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	60x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	60x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16