Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130924
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 04:41
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 79.7 2-Core 164 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 305 40% 298 Pts	64-Core 308 19% 308 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 146 Parallax 137 88% 131 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27576754 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1545 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12307848 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 54 706478121 (C2) HDA temperature 41 46 60129542185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 19 27576754 (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 78408922964387 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4227353270 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2687171965	55.4% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 96 Mixed 80.4 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.52 118% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 61%
ARRAY 250GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: PIO DMA 16 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 38.9 Write 76.7 Mixed 51.3 42% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 49%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 69GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 26.6 Write 20.4 Mixed 13.5 24% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.11 42% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GB 7,298 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 15.1 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 91%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,652x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,266x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	692x

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	304x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	177x
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: $215

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16