Dell OptiPlex 3050

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3050
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3050 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180323
Uptime	14.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '21 at 11:40
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 454 54% 419 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 07A3) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8854 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.1 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 8.3 0% 4.63 fps	Splatting 0.1 0% 0.1 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTE543225A7A384 250GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: ESBOA70B SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 38 40 44 41 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 49.8 Write 50.7 Mixed 34.6 SusWrite 35.4 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 42%
Seagate Portable 4TB 3,750 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 109 114 113 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 105 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 116 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 182% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 80CE000080CE M378A5244CB0-CRC 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 17.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 78%

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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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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	1,611x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	534x
Core i5-7500TIntelBench 66%, 5,419 samples	499x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	2,509x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	948x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	167x

SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 256GBSKBench 78%, 22,335 samples	91x
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 73%, 16,265 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	76x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,269 samples	387x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	153x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16