Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '18 at 00:16
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 345 44% 333 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PwrHis(1787 2318) 2GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 13.6 0% 9.13 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 16.3 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 855GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 61 59 74 79 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 19 Write 84.8 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 69.6 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 41% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 403GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 113 115 112 117 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 186 Write 163 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 113 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 288GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 118 115 117 116 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 159 Write 143 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 116 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G13332 4x4GB 396 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical OptiPlex 990 Builds (Compare 3,962 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 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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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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