Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

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System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150826
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '16 at 19:46
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 167 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 455 46% 372 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 2126) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.16% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 1.69 1% 1.66 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.96 1% 1.55 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.16% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15834 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1046 (E8) Unknown 100 100 75183829303 (E9) Unknown 90 0 90	80.2% Excellent	Read 473 Write 393 Mixed 400 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 19.5 106% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 17.6 49% 97.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 452GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4202 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1589 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4067 (C2) HDA temperature 105 97 38 (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	49.4% Average	Read 73.2 Write 98.8 Mixed 86.4 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 62GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24204 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1586 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24081 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 35 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 88 88 9284 (F1) Unknown 200 200 13596521787 (F2) Unknown 200 200 16696478758	44.8% Average	Read 83.1 Write 72.9 Mixed 74.5 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 65%
IDrive IDriveWiFi 1TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 238GB free, PID 0701 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 23.1 Mixed 27.2 34% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.16 46% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 6GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 43%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,652x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,266x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	692x

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	177x
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: $215

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16