Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	18.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '20 at 21:12
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E31230 2,472 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 154 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 438 43% 353 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 152 Parallax 156 108% 147 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 137 Splatting 98.2 91% 112 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X04c13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 89 28 43 42 35 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.1% Very poor	Read 89.3 Write 171 Mixed 88 SusWrite 48.2 22% 99 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 3.2 32% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 187 106% 102 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 842GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 107 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 99 Write 97.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 106 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 90%

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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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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,192x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,323x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	565x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	447x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	394x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	202x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	84x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	61x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	79x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	59x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	50x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $278

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16