Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.9% 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	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110528
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '23 at 16:37
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2120-$170 77,810 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 84.5 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 126 58% 93.5 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 196 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) 2GB CLim: 1226 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 33.6 19% 28.1 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 27.3 Splatting 25.2 21% 26.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMP1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 41 103 103 18 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 411 Write 116 Mixed 332 SusWrite 88.7 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 27.1 100% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 210 183% 271 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 186GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 79 83 83 78 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 98 Write 92 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 75.9 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Ramsta-1600Mhz-4G 2x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.9% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical OptiPlex 990 Builds (Compare 3,966 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,652x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16