Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	84.7% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 22:51
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-2600-$188 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 90.5 2-Core 151 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 440 46% 370 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.Q4 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 112 Reflection 127 Parallax 177 91% 139 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 88.4 56% 66.7 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 215 211 206 210 211 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 448 Write 430 Mixed 335 SusWrite 216 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 36.9 126% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 256 210% 302 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 111%
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 320GB free Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 715 763 800 852 856 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,147 Write 1,069 Mixed 1,018 SusWrite 767 225% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 58.7 193% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 646 486% 654 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 623%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 120 119 117 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 65.1 Write 125 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 119 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 188% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 115 115 114 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 98.5 Write 111 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 114 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.9% 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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 58%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $188Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,655x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,267x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	692x

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	306x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	177x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16