Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 11:32
Run Duration	339 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$194 185,630 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 (99^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 470 52% 408 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 95% 113 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 83% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 61 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (A5) Unknown 100 100 94497800303 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 44 240518168619 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 158916804654 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 386 (EA) Unknown 100 100 517 (F1) Unknown 253 253 365 (F2) Unknown 253 253 372 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	29.6% Poor	Read 226 Write 105 Mixed 73.5 29% 135 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 3.72 47% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 27.5 DQ Mixed 3.27 8% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 71%
Samsung HD160JJ/P 160GB-$40 2,028 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 140GB free Firmware: ZM100-34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5074 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24061 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2621 (BE) vendor-specific 76 34 54 (C2) HDA temperature 76 34 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28659 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	34.2% Below average	Read 57.6 Write 61.1 Mixed 58.8 45% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.46 108% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 34%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 110GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 2528 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2552 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 674812978 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2435 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 44 219801124908 (C2) HDA temperature 44 56 55834574892 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 29 2528 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116264764721460 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4160102540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1420231949	59.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.52 90% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 88%
maxell Flash disk 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 12GB free, PID a101 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	4.16% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 4.81 Mixed 3.88 8% 7.73 MB/s	4K Read 4.19 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 4.16% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5458-011.A00LF 99P5471-011.A00LF 99P5471-004.A01LF Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 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: $222

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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