Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics166% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell OptiPlex 790
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 790  (all builds)
Memory8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180703
Uptime4.5 Days
Run DateAug 24 '21 at 20:15
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
70.2% Very good
Memory 88.7
1-Core 66.2
2-Core 137
60% 97.4 Pts
4-Core 281
8-Core 443
45% 362 Pts
64-Core 435
27% 435 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
166% Outstanding
Lighting 233
Reflection 211
Parallax 253
190% 232 fps
MRender 262
Gravity 233
Splatting 148
168% 214 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 166%
Great: 174%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AC01114
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 28 17 19 45 42 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
28.8% Poor
Read 70.5
Write 77.9
Mixed 49
SusWrite 29.1
42% 56.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 28.8%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.7% Average
MC Read 16.1
MC Write 16.8
MC Mixed 14.8
45% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 13.6
SC Mixed 13.9
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 46.7%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
0% 0% 0 9 7 60 72.3" 1280 701 SNY9C01 SONY TV
Typical OptiPlex 790 Builds (Compare 5,331 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 790

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