Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.92% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	11GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 11GB 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 11 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120402
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$194 185,630 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 (99^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 469 51% 404 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570 3,522 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 2121) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.92% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 10.7 7% 9.53 fps	MRender 8.19 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 8.74 7% 8.18 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.92% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN 25SATA01M 120 120GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0921A SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 217 214 212 211 212 MB/s Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.4% Above average	Read 256 Write 230 Mixed 185 SusWrite 213 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 17.1 82% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 105 98% 150 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 Kingston ACR256X64D3U1333C9 Kingston ACR128X64D3U1333C9 11GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 1024 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.2% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns

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

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,649x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $221

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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