Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130314
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 18:37
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 86.4 2-Core 173 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 330 44% 330 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 1,528 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 0492) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 340.52 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	0.66% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.56 1% 0.94 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 0.6 Splatting 0.96 1% 0.8 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.66% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT08D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2123 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 52 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4410 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8809362037 (F2) Unknown 99 99 11028368817	52.7% Above average	Read 469 Write 57.3 Mixed 105 45% 210 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 13.4 74% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 33.8 69% 143 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 888GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1788 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63.4% Good	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 68.5 72% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-023.A00LF 2x4GB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 58%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,645x
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	302x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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