Dell OptiPlex 390

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics105% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
SystemDell OptiPlex 390
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 390  (all builds)
Memory8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120724
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 20 '21 at 00:05
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600-$197
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
69.7% Good
Memory 90.9
1-Core 89.9
2-Core 174
70% 118 Pts
4-Core 264
8-Core 408
42% 336 Pts
64-Core 444
28% 444 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 144
Parallax 130
108% 135 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 140
Splatting 119
102% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
833GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC61
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 48 43 95 195 178 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
56.4% Above average
Read 94.5
Write 82
Mixed 39
SusWrite 102
58% 79.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
94% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 56.4%
Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
931GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 178 183 179 184 183 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 172
Mixed 87.7
SusWrite 181
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.2
226% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 102%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 0443 RMR5030ME68F9F1600 12GB
1333, 1333 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
39% Below average
MC Read 13.3
MC Write 13
MC Mixed 12.2
37% 12.8 GB/s
SC Read 10.2
SC Write 11.6
SC Mixed 12.7
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical OptiPlex 390 Builds (Compare 2,499 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 390

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