Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 30 '21 at 20:08
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$191 185,630 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 (99^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 191 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 471 51% 407 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 401B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 79.9 67% 82.1 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 65.1 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 257 239 228 227 227 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 431 Mixed 369 SusWrite 261 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 41.8 135% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 525GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 182 186 186 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 194 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 184 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 440GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 107 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 95.4 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 104 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 71%
Hitachi HTS543216L9SA02 160GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 65GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 29 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.3% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 21.6 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 28.3 31% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 859B CT51264BA160B.C16F HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 859B CT51264BA160B.C16F 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	2,196x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,324x
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 $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

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $278

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 $40	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