Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.5% 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	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 3 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 18:53
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 95 2-Core 184 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 459 47% 382 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F5) 2GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 18.9 15% 18.4 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 19.1 Splatting 17 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 146 123 91 122 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 472 Write 410 Mixed 408 SusWrite 156 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 3 54% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 1.1 73% 171 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 438GB free Firmware: MS1OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 181 180 180 180 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 156 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 179 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 1x8GB 3,584 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.8 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 34%

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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	2,193x
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 $29Bench 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 $182	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) $30	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