Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100429
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 03:51
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 660 5,902 User benchmarks, average bench 49% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 70.6 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 135 57% 95.4 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 194 26% 194 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4550 3,005 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0002) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 26728362 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -17918603551874 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (0D) Soft read error rate 46 46 -3642105538646 (64) Unknown 0 0 12246 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3712 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 74 85904195618 (C2) HDA temperature 34 74 85904195618 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26728362 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 109 109 -44349832298496 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26728362 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26728362 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 14 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8222 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3270 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3270 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5488	62.6% Good	Read 239 Write 183 Mixed 184 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 23.7 114% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 47.2 72% 136 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 86%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 218GB free Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 136 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 743 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 758 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 32 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 63 63 27276 (F1) Unknown 200 200 20687296461 (F2) Unknown 200 200 27852718168	55.6% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 95.8 Mixed 76.3 67% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99U5471-002.A01LF 0198 99U5471-002.A01LF 0198000002FE KP223C-ELD 0198000002FE KP223C-ELD 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 13.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 32%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 980

CPU
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	228x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	221x
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	194x

GPU
Radeon HD 4550ATIBench 1%, 3,005 samples	72x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	71x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	69x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	19x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	13x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 202 samples	16x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBUnknownBench 36%, 633 samples	15x
KP223C-ELD 4x2GBUnknownBench 35%, 110 samples	15x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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