Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	7.31% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150826
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 14:47
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$192 185,630 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 (93^rd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 176 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 447 46% 373 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% XFX(1682 3083) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 82GB free Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 54525 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 85 (AF) Unknown 99 99 1 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B2) Unknown 81 81 370 (B3) Unknown 83 83 662 (B4) Unknown 83 83 3370 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 2399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 2399 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 9 (E8) Unknown 81 81 1646 (F1) Unknown 40 40 2584285932 (F2) Unknown 37 37 2697582844	46.6% Average	Read 250 Write 243 Mixed 239 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 10.1 60% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 72.4 DQ Mixed 11.5 31% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 50%
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 54445 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 86 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 68 68 1161 (B2) Unknown 82 82 362 (B3) Unknown 82 82 710 (B4) Unknown 82 82 3322 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 53 (E8) Unknown 82 82 1654 (F1) Unknown 7 7 4012798072 (F2) Unknown 9 9 3906373098	7.31% Terrible	Read 30.8 Write 38.3 Mixed 10.8 6% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 0.78 12% 6.76 MB/s	DQ Read 0.72 DQ Write 20 DQ Mixed 1.05 4% 7.26 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 50%
WDC WD50 00AAJS-00TKA0 500GB 38GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23% Poor	Read 47.3 Write 45.6 Mixed 42.2 58% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.96 MB/s

WDC WD50 00AAJS-00TKA0 500GB 29GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.3% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 40.6 Mixed 34.5 50% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.29 69% 0.83 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 2,942 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	47.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 53%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 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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Total price: $220

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 $184	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