Dell OptiPlex 990

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Dell OptiPlex 990
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 990 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 06:20
Run Duration	760 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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-$192 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 193 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 471 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.85% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.46 Parallax 2 2% 2.29 fps	MRender 2.1 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 2.22 2% 1.97 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.85% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4526 (C2) HDA temperature 106 95 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 141 Mixed 134 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47373488 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13727513 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1085 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 606208036 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51698 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 77309411364 (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 136051679038797 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41165753066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72962212745
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1189 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 238585 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 38 (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	60.1% Good	Read 119 Write 90.7 Mixed 131 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 84%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 8GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 20.6 Mixed 22.5 30% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.14 48% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 61%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 4GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 30.4 Write 20.2 Mixed 19.2 28% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 61%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,450 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 20.5 Mixed 23.7 30% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.27 79% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 49%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 1,000 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 28.5 Write 20.5 Mixed 7.38 21% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 3.78 4K Mixed 0.32 142% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 56%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 26.6 Write 20.1 Mixed 22.8 29% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 51%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 3,195 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 20.5 Mixed 24 30% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 43%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1GB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 20.2 Mixed 23.1 29% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.22 51% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 52%
Seagate Portable 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1GB free, PID 2101 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	8.02% Terrible	Read 3.96 Write 21.7 Mixed 16.6 22% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.05 32% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.02% Great: 45%
WD Elements 1078 2TB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 19.9 Mixed 19.3 27% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 19.8 Mixed 21.2 28% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.21 49% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 830B NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG 830B NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG 8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 48%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 990

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,651x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $220

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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