Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.39% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	15.3% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$167 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 444 51% 398 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 7.73 Parallax 8.97 7% 8.42 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.84 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102G9 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5230 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 374 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1585450 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 3414568270 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 -117386103022568 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 64176055 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 80 80 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	15.3% Very poor	Read 228 Write 93.4 Mixed 133 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.44 2% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 46%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 459GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1444 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3430 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3360 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2051 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1379 (C2) HDA temperature 107 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 32 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.3% Good	Read 114 Write 117 Mixed 113 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.42 106% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 69%

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	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 90%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $167Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,658x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,269x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	694x

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	306x

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 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	61x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	60x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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