Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.3% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 23:14
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (92^nd percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 87.5 2-Core 172 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 387 41% 328 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 450 1,594 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 1004) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Lighting 12 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 14.8 10% 14 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 17 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 240GB 2,789 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0524A SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 220 217 223 225 223 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.3% Above average	Read 244 Write 224 Mixed 225 SusWrite 221 52% 228 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 25.4 87% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 98.3 102% 167 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 109%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 787GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 97 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 104 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 98.8 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 59%
Patriot Memory 4GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 1f00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.3 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	5.03% Terrible	Read 16.3 Write 3.7 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 5.5 8% 7.55 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.03% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11.8 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 77%

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

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

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 $46Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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