Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.5% 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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 178 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 320 44% 325 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2683) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 38.4 Parallax 51.4 35% 44.2 fps	MRender 50.3 Gravity 47.9 Splatting 36.2 36% 44.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14629 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1661 (B1) Unknown 96 96 75 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 51 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 93 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32507548688	89.5% Excellent	Read 506 Write 405 Mixed 415 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 29.5 120% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 20 59% 128 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 499GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 125 125 25789595951 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 819 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 819 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 206159609899 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	91% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 154 Mixed 144 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.19 99% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%
Toshiba MK5065GSX 500GB-$52 4,140 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 336GB free Firmware: GJ002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7634 (05) Reallocated sector count 68 68 666 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 23901 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3612 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 96 370 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 41 521928734 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 655 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5636182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 12 12 880059 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 152 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	31.4% Below average	Read 55 Write 54.3 Mixed 50.4 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 42%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 207GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34386411927 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2912 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8129 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 223339151405 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21	38.5% Below average	Read 70.9 Write 63.2 Mixed 58.4 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 73%
Samsung HD403LJ 400GB-$183 4,107 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 17GB free Firmware: CT100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7616 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8794 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43685 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3462 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 3718 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BE) vendor-specific 56 47 44 (C2) HDA temperature 106 79 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3718 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 86	19.6% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 37.8 Mixed 33.8 26% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 42%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 10GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 31 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 68 8935 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7690 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15144 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5588 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 56 193274249253 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 93 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 12164 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7897	66.4% Good	Read 99.2 Write 132 Mixed 101 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.58 129% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL7-2GBRH Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 04CD F3-10666CL7-2GBRH Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 10GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.8% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 11.9 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 44%

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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	2,196x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,324x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	567x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	449x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	394x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	202x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	85x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 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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Total price: $278

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