Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	33.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 22:27
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 173 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 387 45% 352 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 6600 968 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Gateway(107B 3A02) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 309.8 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.31 1% 0.49 fps
Poor: 0% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4268833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 121453085196344 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 52 47248048166 (C2) HDA temperature 38 52 47248048166 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4268833 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4268833 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4268833 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962226 (EA) Unknown 0 0 85 (F1) Unknown 0 0 85 (F2) Unknown 0 0 140 (F4) Unknown 95 95 12976293	33.5% Below average	Read 163 Write 142 Mixed 149 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 8.45 56% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 7 18% 35 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 12GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149466677 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5548 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 29722552 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4966 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2328 (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 64 50 656474148 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 26 149466677 (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 -83592948470983 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2387593203 (F2) Unknown 100 253 853284562	41.7% Average	Read 68.8 Write 76.3 Mixed 19.1 40% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.42 101% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 89GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 25.7 Mixed 28.2 36% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT2GC64B8HA0NF-BE 830B0000830B NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 80AD000080AD HMT125U6DFR8C-H9 830B0000830B NT2GC64B88B0NF-CG 8GB 1066, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.4% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.2 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 10.5 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns

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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	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 $55Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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