Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 1% 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.86% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100216
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 12:07
Run Duration	414 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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 i5 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Memory 48.7 1-Core 71.1 2-Core 112 45% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 201 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 185 12% 185 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz) 20,588 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 02DA) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.86% Terrible	Lighting 0.9 Reflection 1.19 Parallax 0.91 1% 1 fps	MRender 1.48 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.7 1% 1.3 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.86% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 25873761233 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 37 8663705976867 (C2) HDA temperature 35 63 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 40 0 (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 -139912854621556 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3886317418 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1801932861	62.2% Good	Read 116 Write 101 Mixed 96.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.56 94% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 88%
Verbatim 8GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	4.25% Terrible	Read 14.6 Write 5.08 Mixed 6.27 9% 8.64 MB/s	4K Read 4.32 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 16% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.25% Great: 7%
Zipp 2GB 2GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 1603 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.89% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 6.14 Mixed 9.5 13% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.78 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 23% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.89% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 12.3 28% 9.73 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.5 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 165 24% 165 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 42%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

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	222x
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 $54Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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