Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '22 at 00:45
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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-$191 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 125 57% 91.1 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 310 34% 266 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 120 Parallax 162 84% 128 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 127 Splatting 84.3 82% 102 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 230 217 212 217 215 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 353 Write 354 Mixed 305 SusWrite 217 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 19.8 90% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 246 201% 286 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 111%
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 283GB free Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 640 619 646 709 699 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,008 Write 966 Mixed 958 SusWrite 621 200% 888 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 35.4 138% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 339 240% 309 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 623%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 118 117 123 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 44.6 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 119 57% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 121 119 119 120 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 99.5 Write 106 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 119 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 4x8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.3 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 15 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 58%

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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%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,651x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,264x
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	303x

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: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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