Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.91% 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	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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100911
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '16 at 23:27
Run Duration	470 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 82.4 2-Core 158 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 372 39% 315 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro 2000D 684 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 0914) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.783 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.91% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 9 Parallax 6.41 6% 7.56 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 8.17 Splatting 8.65 6% 6.92 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.91% Great: 6%
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 7,025 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0342) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	0.7% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1.85 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.33 Splatting 1.35 1% 0.91 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.7% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 203GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198992301 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 771 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5951135 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 382 (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 60 588382243 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 16 198992301 (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 -105153684267157 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1611028055 (F2) Unknown 100 253 283813897	48.3% Average	Read 80.5 Write 87.7 Mixed 28.9 48% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.46 109% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 58%
WD Blue 80GB (2007)-$75 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 74GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 132 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 32085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 293 (C2) HDA temperature 103 93 40 (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	50.3% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 87.7 Mixed 16.6 46% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 49%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 57 46 39371181 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 485380650 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 60050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (C2) HDA temperature 43 50 68719476779 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 46 39371181 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.1% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 45.6 Mixed 39.9 33% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 37%
331 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 0165 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.07% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 6.2 Mixed 1 9% 9.56 MB/s	4K Read 6.57 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 26% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.07% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992018 (997018) 83940000802C 992018 (997018) 830B0000830B NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 830B0000830B NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.8% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 12 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 41%

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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	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