Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 14:17
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$197 185,630 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 (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 99 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 462 49% 393 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% XFX(1682 3207) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.6% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 2 2% 2.17 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 1.9 2% 1.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.6% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 442 433 415 371 376 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 391 Mixed 386 SusWrite 415 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 37.3 120% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 296 242% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 125%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 874GB free Firmware: NA06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 102 102 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.3 Mixed 53.1 SusWrite 101 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 8GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 52%

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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%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,192x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,322x
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	201x
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 $275	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