Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 75.9%, 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	88.9% 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	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

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

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120402
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '21 at 03:09
Run Duration	614 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 477 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 18 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 18.6 15% 18.3 fps	MRender 15.7 Gravity 19.1 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 346 369 374 375 363 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 480 Write 314 Mixed 276 SusWrite 357 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 26.6 107% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 254 216% 317 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 129%
WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0 2TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 18.4 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 17 27% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 47%
WDC WD15 EARS-60MVWB0 1.5TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 506GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Read 27.4 Write 18.5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 2.2 19% 16 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 26% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 2,942 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 53%

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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	2,210x
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,326x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	568x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	450x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	395x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	206x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	85x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16