Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.93% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140528
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 18:33
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 90.5 2-Core 172 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 391 44% 345 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7570 12,360 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 2B20) 1GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.93% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 7.46 Parallax 6.44 6% 7.13 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 7.39 6% 6.76 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145338272 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 22069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 157274690 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 79 79 22001 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22407 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -94034013975638 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36454355483 (F2) Unknown 100 253 452738849982	52.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 78.1 Mixed 18.9 49% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 112%
HP External HDD 1.5TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 605GB free, PID 4607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 22.3 Mixed 24.5 31% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.13 56% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5773DH0-CH9 2x2GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 10.4 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 38%

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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	196x

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 $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	13x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 202 samples	17x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16