Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '19 at 03:03
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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)	74.5% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 348 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.84% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 2 2% 2.27 fps	MRender 1.95 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.22 2% 1.92 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.84% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 53 58 84 59 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 451 Write 252 Mixed 347 SusWrite 77.3 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 28 104% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 9.1 82% 192 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 95%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 494GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GH SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 105 113 108 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 109 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 74%
Garmin GARMIN Flash 8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID 272c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	7.7% Terrible	Read 3.7 Write 1.5 Mixed 3 SusWrite 2.5 3% 2.67 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2 144% 2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.7% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GB 2,464 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 52%

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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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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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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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16