Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77% 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	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '24 at 01:33
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^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-$187 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 85 1-Core 60.3 2-Core 134 57% 93.2 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 324 35% 280 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 94.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 97.8 77% 99 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 95.5 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 165 193 175 186 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 381 Write 320 Mixed 303 SusWrite 188 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 29.4 98% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 220 203% 311 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 118%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 514GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 58 67 69 69 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 50 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 63 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-034.A00LF 4x4GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.8 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	56	75	27"	1280 720	ACR06C0 VG270

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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 $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,653x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,266x
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	305x

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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $215

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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