Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.2% 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	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180212
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 09:03
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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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-$197 185,630 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 (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 191 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 468 49% 395 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.2 86% 105 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 98.3 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 666 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28836232 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 199 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 50 214749675554 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 335009415246 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 805 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2383 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2089 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1273 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66% Good	Read 494 Write 339 Mixed 311 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 10 76% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 10.5 30% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 393GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1016 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 667 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2129 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 131 Write 167 Mixed 137 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.36 141% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%

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 (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 91%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,192x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,317x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	565x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	447x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	394x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	201x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	84x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	61x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	79x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	59x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	50x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $278

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