Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.93% 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	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 05:51
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 38.5 2-Core 72.5 44% 64.5 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 292 29% 238 Pts	64-Core 231 14% 231 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 7266) 1GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 16.4 8% 14.9 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 11.9 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 40 46 47 34 4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 352 Write 52.5 Mixed 95.9 SusWrite 32.5 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 16.6 59% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 92.8 69% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 275GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 83 83 79 55 78 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 79 Write 96.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 77.6 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.2 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,648x
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: 67% - Good

Total price: $225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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