Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.3% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111230
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '20 at 19:33
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 42.1 2-Core 90.4 45% 69.5 Pts	4-Core 289 8-Core 326 40% 307 Pts	64-Core 332 21% 332 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84F6) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.28% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 5.6 Parallax 1.2 3% 3.57 fps	MRender 5.6 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.3 4% 4.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.28% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2KR120H6 120GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036E SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 64 64 65 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 443 Write 212 Mixed 201 SusWrite 72 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 21.4 76% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 207 158% 215 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 507GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 55 54 54 56 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 52 Write 51.4 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 53.8 36% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 59%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 189GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 58 59 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 1.8 Write 54.7 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 58.2 22% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 57%
WD 10EADS External 1TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 124GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 26 25 25 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 23.9 Write 17.2 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 25.1 29% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905458-009.A00LF Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 9905458-009.A00LF 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.1% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 47%

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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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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	2,205x
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	204x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	85x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16