Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.8% 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.
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, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111230
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 07:07
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 92.9 2-Core 185 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 362 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1360) 768MB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 768MB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 13.6 12% 15.5 fps	MRender 20.2 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 15.2 14% 17 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 246 Mixed 245 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 21.8 75% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 44.3 DQ Mixed 68.7 61% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 141GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 91 92 91 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 60.2 Write 61.5 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 91 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 11,003 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

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

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $221

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