Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.83% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	74.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '18 at 02:47
Run Duration	478 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-2600-$195 185,630 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 (95^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 165 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 458 47% 380 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 0000) 2GB CLim: 857 MHz, MLim: 969 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.83% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.72 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 11.5 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 8.83% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 9GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 920 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 979 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 220 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5108143204	102% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 424 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 40.3 139% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 107 129% 229 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 128GB 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC72203 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 686 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2581 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 98320 (AE) Unknown 100 100 444 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 944 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 116 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9659 (F1) Unknown 100 100 154413 (F2) Unknown 100 100 262998	74.8% Very good	Read 492 Write 310 Mixed 368 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 25.8 84% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 75.2 97% 173 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 94%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	4.4% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 4.56 Mixed 6.56 10% 9.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.03 11% 0.11 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.4% Great: 7%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 8GB 399 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 1GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Read 27.8 Write 5.48 Mixed 9.16 14% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.47 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.72 56% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 Kingston KP223C-ELD 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 49%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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