Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.9% 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	80% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130314
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '18 at 15:39
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 168 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 332 44% 331 Pts	64-Core 332 21% 332 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% PNY(196E 11C7) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 18.5 16% 17.9 fps	MRender 16.4 Gravity 19.1 Splatting 20.9 16% 18.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1878 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 286 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2070379775	80% Very good	Read 512 Write 407 Mixed 420 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 19.8 109% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 19 26% 45.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 124%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 192GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1582 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1503 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 55 55 33090 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9123713693 (F2) Unknown 200 200 16973081778	71.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 110 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.45 108% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 70%
Seagate FreeAgent 500GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 128GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 25.7 Write 24.6 Mixed 19.6 29% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.37 71% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT25664BD160B.C8FN Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 859B CT25664BD160B.C8FN Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.7% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 51%

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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 $178Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,658x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,268x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	693x

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 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	61x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	60x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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