Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170507
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 23:31
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 55.6 2-Core 89.7 48% 73.3 Pts	4-Core 101 8-Core 236 19% 168 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6350 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 2126) 512MB Driver: atiu9p64.dll Ver. 8.922.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.66% Terrible	Lighting 0.37 Reflection 1.19 Parallax 1.66 0% 1.07 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2.09 1% 1.61 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.66% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 300 308 308 304 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 428 Write 329 Mixed 359 SusWrite 318 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 40 110% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 49.1 79% 141 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 19.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 45 45 120 125 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 117 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 70.6 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 2x4GB 4,484 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 61%

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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 7%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,204x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,325x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	567x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	449x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	394x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	203x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	85x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	61x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	79x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	59x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	50x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $278

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16