Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '24 at 12:15
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 454 52% 406 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$295 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Asus(1043 8903) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 113 Parallax 149 131% 141 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 112% 142 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 394 358 366 358 359 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 246GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 829 774 888 887 887 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,131 Write 967 Mixed 771 SusWrite 818 207% 922 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 40.8 141% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 587 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 469 358% 489 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 283%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 134GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 111 112 111 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 117 Write 109 Mixed 65.4 SusWrite 112 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KP382H-HYC 4x4GB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 57%

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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	68	57	60	22"	1280 720	ACR0027 Acer V223W

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

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