Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.4% 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	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	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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130924
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 18:01
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 164 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 468 43% 360 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3746) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.4% Below average	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 36.5 31% 34.8 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 36.9 Splatting 35.1 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 47 57 62 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 94.5 Write 89.7 Mixed 51 SusWrite 49.8 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 126 127 128 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 129 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 126 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 308GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 26 26 25 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 23.5 Write 20.5 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 25.4 30% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG 4x2GB 579 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 52%

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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%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,653x
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	305x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	177x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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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