Dell OptiPlex 3050

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3050
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3050 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 21:31
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 447 58% 439 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 149 Parallax 139 113% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 212 211 255 260 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 475 Mixed 374 SusWrite 236 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 39.3 142% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 191 179% 279 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$81 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 123%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3050

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	1,594x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	531x
Core i5-7500TIntelBench 66%, 5,419 samples	496x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	2,488x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	944x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	166x

SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 256GBSKBench 78%, 22,335 samples	89x
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 73%, 16,265 samples	85x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	76x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,269 samples	382x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	152x
HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 961 samples	131x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $89

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