Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100911
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 07:56
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	43.6% Average	Memory 62.8 1-Core 49.3 2-Core 77.7 41% 63.3 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 123 19% 135 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz) 20,588 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 02DA) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.8% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.08 Parallax 0.88 1% 0.93 fps	MRender 1.33 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.8% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OOS1000G 1TB 4,080 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 604GB free (System drive) Firmware: OOS1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 87 86 108 121 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 146 Write 127 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 91.1 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 110%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB 1,723 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 252GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 20.7 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 21.7 16% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR1870EC58E9F1333 80CE000080CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE000080CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.9% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 9.1 22% 7.53 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.3 14% 5.03 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 30%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical OptiPlex 980 Builds (Compare 823 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

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