Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 02:31
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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)	74.9% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 86.7 2-Core 172 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 337 45% 337 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 430 1,924 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 1002) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.74% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 6.23 Parallax 9.44 6% 7.74 fps	MRender 6.38 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 5 5% 6.14 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.74% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 60GB-$45 164 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 88 90 86 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.6% Above average	Read 279 Write 110 Mixed 140 SusWrite 88.1 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 28.5 99% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 120 90% 120 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$24 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 425GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 190 192 187 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 90.4 Mixed 76 SusWrite 189 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -0 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 24GB free, PID 0321 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 20.5 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 3.1 23% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.5 156% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 24%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -1 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 26GB free, PID 0321 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 19.8 Mixed 19.6 SusWrite 24.4 31% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.4 220% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773DH0-CH9 8GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,204x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,325x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	567x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,229x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	449x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	394x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	202x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	85x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	61x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	79x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples	59x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples	50x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $278

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16