Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.41% 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.
Boot Drive	48.6% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130924
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '19 at 21:21
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^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-$135 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 173 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 463 52% 409 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 2270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 12 Parallax 14.6 9% 12.4 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 10.2 8% 9.83 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 302 40 53 64 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 445 Write 376 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 116 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 0.6 45% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 1.3 75% 179 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 100%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 512GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 147 127 169 166 145 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 158 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 153 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 107%
General 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 30GB free, PID 0171 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.8 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Read 3.8 Write 3 Mixed 2 SusWrite 4.8 5% 3.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-058.A00LF 1x8GB 475 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 34%

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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	2,216x
Core i7-2600Intel $135Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,331x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	572x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	452x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	396x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	207x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	85x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	62x

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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16