Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.1% 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	80.2% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 181 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 351 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3110) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 14.5 14% 15.1 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 17.3 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC-WRSN 250GB 1,412 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 888 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9371764 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 196 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 50 214749020187 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 141734838305 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 311 (EA) Unknown 100 100 848 (F1) Unknown 253 253 711 (F2) Unknown 253 253 679 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.2% Excellent	Read 503 Write 365 Mixed 328 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 22.9 94% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 62.3 87% 161 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 913GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 458754 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 105 105 17194549462 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 195 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 167504642075 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 185 Mixed 167 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B2873FH0-CH9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 M378B2873FH0-CH9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 6GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 1024, 2048, 1024, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 51%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

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 $79Bench 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: $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