Dell OptiPlex 3050

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.71% 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.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3050
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3050 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170909
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 15:25
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 705 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 430 1,924 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 1002) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.71% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 9.97 7% 9.27 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 8.61 6% 7.93 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.71% Great: 7%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 2.5 7MM 128GB 1,555 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 119GB free Firmware: X4152012 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 479 Write 278 Mixed 306 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 48.5 174% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 234 199% 293 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 834GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 174 Write 124 Mixed 80.7 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 3,256 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 81%

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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	1,599x
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	2,495x
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	385x
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 $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