Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 00:54
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 86.3 2-Core 133 66% 104 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 364 39% 310 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 28.2 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 35.7 23% 31.4 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 29 Splatting 33.3 25% 30.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 231 230 233 172 106 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.8% Above average	Read 242 Write 221 Mixed 215 SusWrite 199 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 26.9 94% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 198 148% 197 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60 12,460 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 45GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 65 64 64 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 73.2 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 63.8 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE000080CE M378B5173DB0-CK0 80CE000080CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE000080CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 10GB 1333, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 10.4 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.1 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns

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

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Gaming 5%

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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 $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