Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.29% 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	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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '21 at 11:56
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 530-$45 16,724 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Memory 66 1-Core 40.2 2-Core 117 44% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 172 22% 170 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 350 419 User benchmarks, average bench 10% HP(103C 2B51) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.45.24.01 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	9.29% Terrible	Lighting 11.1 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 14.6 9% 14.2 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 11.1 Splatting 11.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.29% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP74 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 68 70 85 105 102 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 82 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 88%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 125GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 99.8 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 97.7 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 2x2GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 12.9 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 20: 1R 4G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
20%	24%	33	163	129	60	72.3"	1360 768	ELE1911 ELEFW195

History: Score 5: 1R 0G 0B | Score 20: 1R 4G 3B

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Typical OptiPlex 980 Builds (Compare 820 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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 $45Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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