Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 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 20 '18 at 03:33
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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-$197 185,630 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 (95^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 184 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 473 48% 387 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 139F) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 34.5 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 30.2 28% 32.7 fps	MRender 36.5 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 31.7 27% 32.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 324GB 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 2071 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1217 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 13 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1005 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3332836957	94.6% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 378 Mixed 415 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 41.5 138% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 103 99% 154 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 16GB 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 2133 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1496 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 275 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3304976928	45.6% Average	Read 422 Write 79.5 Mixed 78.5 41% 193 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 6.8 61% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 22 50% 107 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 116%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 173 3483 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 432 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 391 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 264 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 38 (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 16761 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19350760955 (F2) Unknown 200 200 64044841720	74% Very good	Read 129 Write 128 Mixed 113 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.55 132% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 74%
Walgreen Infinitive 32GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 24GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 7.23 Mixed 18.1 20% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.71 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 1.35 112% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.3% 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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 53%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,646x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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