Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23% 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	74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 19:43
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^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-$193 185,630 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 (89^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 461 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1304 MHz, MLim: 1830 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23% Poor	Lighting 26.6 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 31.4 22% 30.6 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 36.1 26% 30.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14543 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 323 (B1) Unknown 97 97 28 (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 76 45 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 222 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37479355457	74.4% Very good	Read 510 Write 344 Mixed 353 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 17.6 94% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 16.8 43% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 126%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 27GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104378754 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1199 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 624727 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 318 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 47 319946771 (C2) HDA temperature 19 53 77309411347 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 22 104378754 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -108052787230646 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3098959223 (F2) Unknown 100 253 716552057	32.2% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 56.6 Mixed 49.2 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.39 86% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-120.A00LF 9965525-058.A00LF 9965525-120.A00LF 9965525-058.A00LF 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 53%

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

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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 $193Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,662x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	1,270x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	696x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	766x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	325x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	308x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	178x
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 4x4GBHynixBench 48%, 2,925 samples	61x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	60x

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