Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '21 at 16:39
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-2600-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 470 51% 403 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2025 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 71.9 63% 75.7 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 70.1 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 85 245 289 267 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 482 Write 462 Mixed 310 SusWrite 256 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 39.5 130% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 266 200% 268 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,652x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,265x
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	304x

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: 68% - Good

Total price: $215

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16