Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


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. 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '19 at 18:44
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

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 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)	73.6% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 87 2-Core 170 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 332 44% 332 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 047E) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.04% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.42 Parallax 0.97 1% 1.16 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 2 1% 1.57 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.04% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 235 181 199 253 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 228 Write 296 Mixed 227 SusWrite 237 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 27.5 94% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 38.4 38% 57 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 108%
WD 5000BEV External 500GB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 86GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 25 26 25 26 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 18.5 Mixed 21 SusWrite 25 31% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT25664BD160BJ.C4F Kingston K1N7HK-ELC 859B CT25664BD160BJ.C4F Kingston K1N7HK-ELC 8GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical OptiPlex 990 Builds (Compare 3,962 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,649x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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