Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '20 at 10:00
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$143 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 470 47% 384 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Above average	Lighting 74 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67 60% 72.9 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 74 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0A 2TB 2,924 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 208 233 231 232 229 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.6% Above average	Read 250 Write 217 Mixed 214 SusWrite 212 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 24.2 79% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 197 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 117%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 0GB free Firmware: 9300 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 20.4 Write 16.6 Mixed 23.9 16% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 67%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 20 18 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 24.9 Write 24.2 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 18.7 17% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 67%
Seagate FreeAgent 500GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 178GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 15 17 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 23.4 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 16.3 29% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR5030ME68F9F1600 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 0443 RMR5030MN68F9F1600 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	49% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 50%

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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 $143Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,658x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,269x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	696x

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	307x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	178x
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 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	61x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	60x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	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) $39	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