Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.37% 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	46% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 15:49
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 191 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 468 48% 387 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% XFX(1682 2330) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	6.37% Terrible	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 3.41 7% 7.1 fps	MRender 6.43 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 5.26 5% 6.24 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.37% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 436GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2067 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1209 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 13 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1002 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3012477898	95% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 372 Mixed 412 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 42.2 140% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 110 102% 157 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2130 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1488 (B1) Unknown 89 89 109 (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 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 270 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3280314858	46% Average	Read 500 Write 79.4 Mixed 79.9 47% 220 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 7.85 65% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 21.8 27% 45 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 203 173 2808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 423 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 258 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 35 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 78 78 16757 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19348326142 (F2) Unknown 200 200 64043580175	72.7% Very good	Read 125 Write 128 Mixed 117 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.51 124% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 74%
Walgreen Infinitive 32GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 24GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 6.19 Mixed 9.67 15% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.24 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.6 93% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4D1 2x4GB 1,539 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 53%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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