Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120821
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 09:47
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 189 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 358 48% 357 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3500 426 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 032B) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 307.45 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.24% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 1.62 Parallax 0.78 2% 1.57 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.24% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (64) Unknown 100 100 123936 (65) Unknown 100 100 25824 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 36 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1354 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 137440198684 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 142 (EA) Unknown 100 100 84 (F1) Unknown 100 100 125 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	61.2% Good	Read 466 Write 239 Mixed 253 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 8.51 65% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 24 68% 149 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 406GB free Firmware: FJK2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 1416 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 85827791 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1019 (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 76 62 454230040 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 60129542168 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 37 1416 (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 -85164906508104 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4098807386 (F2) Unknown 100 253 398109124	62.4% Good	Read 106 Write 111 Mixed 94.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.61 114% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B88G0NF-DI Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 830B NT2GC64B88G0NF-DI 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 56%

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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 $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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $221

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 $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