Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.9% 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	41.3% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 20:58
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 88.7 2-Core 177 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 304 45% 330 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3747) 2GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 24 Parallax 29.9 27% 29 fps	MRender 36.3 Gravity 32 Splatting 31 27% 33.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 49 56 57 51 55 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 394 Write 103 Mixed 104 SusWrite 51.2 35% 163 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 17.1 62% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 32.2 35% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 55%
MM0500EBKAE 500GB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 466GB free Firmware: HPG3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 110 111 90 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 106 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-442.A00LF 4x2GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 51%

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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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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,652x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,266x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	692x

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	304x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	177x
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: 68% - Good

Total price: $215

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16