Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.3% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 29 days ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120402
Uptime	16.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 19:14
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i3-2120-$142 40,080 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	47.7% Average	1-Core 87 2-Core 164 60% 125 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 222 30% 222 Pts	64-Core 222 15% 222 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 27,620 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Nvidia(10DE 0898) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 59.4 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 56.8 16% 58.8 fps	MRender 54.4 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 0.2 17% 38.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 20%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$31 237,051 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 57 38 38 44 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 47.9 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C7 4x2GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 65%

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

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Typical OptiPlex 790 Builds (Compare 11,879 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $90Bench 55%, 83,680 samples	5,503x
Core i7-2600Intel $236Bench 58%, 96,323 samples	2,298x
Core i3-2120Intel $142Bench 43%, 40,080 samples	1,299x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 78,404 samples	3,907x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 32%, 464,235 samples	795x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 36,960 samples	483x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $22Bench 59%, 69,492 samples	249x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	227x
A400 240GBKingston $32Bench 64%, 106,617 samples	207x

RAM
M378B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 45%, 2,693 samples	301x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 47%, 3,673 samples	253x
HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 2x2GBHynixBench 46%, 1,536 samples	226x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $112

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24