Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.7% 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	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '21 at 01:57
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 193 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 460 49% 392 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3767) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 18.6 15% 18.4 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 19.5 Splatting 17.1 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 391 424 424 415 378 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 391 Mixed 394 SusWrite 393 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 35.5 120% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 294 239% 339 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 125%
WDC WD50 00BEKT-75KA9T0 500GB 465GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 9 14 14 14 14 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.1% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 19.9 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 11.6 27% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 101% 1.2 MB/s

ST950042 3AS 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 331GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	7.15% Terrible	Read 31.4 Write 20 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 0.1 22% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.15% Great: 38%
ST950042 0AS 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 418GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.1 0.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Read 31.9 Write 19.9 Mixed 19.4 SusWrite 0.3 21% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 29%
SAMSUNG HM320HJ 320GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 297GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 19 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 21.4 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 16.3 30% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 4x4GB 1,090 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 53%

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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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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,652x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,265x
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	304x

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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Total price: $214

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16