Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 20:26
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 141 64% 102 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 353 38% 304 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% PNY(196E 1312) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.3% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 61.4 63% 70.1 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 84.8 Splatting 75 69% 85.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
H/W RAID1 512GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: 92301020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.3% Below average	Read 200 Write 24.8 Mixed 40 SusWrite 18.8 15% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 30.2 4K Mixed 20.3 63% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 24.9 20% 28.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 121%
H/W RAID1 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 423GB free Firmware: 92301040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 195 206 81 52 51 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.1% Average	Read 201 Write 188 Mixed 192 SusWrite 131 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 25.9 88% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 46.6 39% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 111%
H/W RAID1 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 327GB free Firmware: 92301020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 194 206 212 210 210 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.1% Above average	Read 204 Write 196 Mixed 189 SusWrite 205 45% 199 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 29.1 92% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 83.9 DQ Mixed 40.9 36% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT2TXOB 4x4GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.7% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.6 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.9 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 73%

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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	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