Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14% 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	67.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 20:14
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 (93^rd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 185 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 464 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 550 1,189 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Dell(1028 1712) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1219 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 20.6 12% 20.9 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 24.5 18% 21.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 240GB 2,789 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0524A SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 199 97 89 85 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 429 Write 403 Mixed 346 SusWrite 153 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 31.4 113% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 59.2 66% 116 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 676GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 98 100 100 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 95.9 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 98.8 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 77%

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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 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,646x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,264x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	690x

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	302x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	176x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	71x

RAM
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	67x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	60x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	60x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $225

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