Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.4% 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	38.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110725
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '21 at 23:48
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$191 185,630 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 (97^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 171 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 445 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% PNY(196E 11C7) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 18.4 Parallax 18.6 15% 18.3 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900KA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 223 224 229 230 231 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.6% Below average	Read 245 Write 204 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 222 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 9.7 48% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 17.8 15% 23.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 96%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 105GB free Firmware: AX001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 64 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 66.3 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 65.4 40% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 54%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 537GB free Firmware: AX0A4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 68 68 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 61.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 68.2 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 57%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 32GB 3,902 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 12GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 2 1.4 1.5 2 4.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	6.39% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 2.7 Mixed 6 SusWrite 2.3 8% 8.23 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 2.3 112% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.39% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 830B NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 38: 2R 8G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
38%	21%	68	173	124	60	32"	1920 1080	ELE3553 ELEFW328

History: Score 37: 4R 4G 5B | Score 38: 2R 8G 4B

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,651x
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 $40	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