Dell OptiPlex 790

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.2% 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	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 790
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 790 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111230
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '20 at 23:51
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 178 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 456 47% 379 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.6 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 18.1 14% 17.9 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 18.8 Splatting 16.7 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 134 133 134 134 134 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.7% Above average	Read 263 Write 102 Mixed 129 SusWrite 131 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 29.6 99% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 41.2 34% 48 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 102%
Hitachi HUS726020ALA610 2TB 299 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: A5GNT920 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 135 134 134 134 135 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 176 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 132 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.5 185% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 111%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 26.9 Write 21.9 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 18.9 17% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.7 183% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 65%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 460 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 860GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 30 Write 22.9 Mixed 16.4 SusWrite 16.7 28% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 52% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $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