Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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. 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 12:10
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	42%

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-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 85.9 2-Core 102 60% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 363 37% 300 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 37.5 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 45.5 31% 38.9 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 38.2 28% 32.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 334GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63784832 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 77721097594 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 106012677779773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 9148 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 5 412323152292 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 673054756 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1568 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 447 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 25 25 151683 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 51539607588 (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 87 87 17497696775830 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27508876843 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57582327724 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	55.1% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 101 Mixed 65.6 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 90GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8150 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 88 2481 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2387 (05) Reallocated sector count 61 61 6520 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3426 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 202 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1355 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4115387 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 7220 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 201863987234 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 119 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 188551 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 201863987234 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 61 61 6520 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 30 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 7776	51% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 90.4 Mixed 43.6 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0003HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29973425 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 266456893736 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4501 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4295033047 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 27 22317339967527 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 4 4 192750 (C2) HDA temperature 39 73 38654705703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 40 29973425 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	39.8% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 80.2 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.08 16% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 56%

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 way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 13 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.6% 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 $197Bench 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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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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