Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemDell OptiPlex 790
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 790  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180703
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 07 '20 at 21:17
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E31230
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
70.9% Very good
Memory 90.8
1-Core 86.2
2-Core 155
67% 111 Pts
4-Core 277
8-Core 429
44% 353 Pts
64-Core 425
26% 425 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 75%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
111% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 181
Parallax 184
116% 169 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 169
Splatting 119
110% 135 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 111%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$47
847GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 64 84 94 101 98 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
55.9% Above average
Read 107
Write 103
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 87.7
65% 88.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 55.9%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
47.8% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 16.8
MC Mixed 14.8
46% 16 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 15.8
SC Mixed 15.5
43% 15 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 47.8%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical OptiPlex 790 Builds (Compare 5,357 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $278
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