Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	16.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 01:12
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2120-$170 77,810 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 84.7 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 135 60% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 183 22% 170 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.75% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 4.19 Parallax 4.12 4% 4.25 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.71 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 464GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2485 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2204 (C2) HDA temperature 102 96 2695209 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 134 Mixed 133 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.4 139% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 76%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.04V04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 198 3000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 707 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 751 (C2) HDA temperature 106 101 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 64 64 26773 (F1) Unknown 200 200 35656699828 (F2) Unknown 200 200 22420585056	47.3% Average	Read 80.6 Write 83.8 Mixed 82.6 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.35 99% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 M378B1G73AH0-K0 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.7 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 44%

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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 $189Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,652x
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 $75Bench 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: $217

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16