Dell OptiPlex 3050

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	302% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 3050
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3050 (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180809
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '18 at 21:05
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600T 477 User benchmarks, average bench 75% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 423 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 85%

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. 23.20.16.4973 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.78% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 6.5 5% 7.34 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 0.09 4% 6.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.78% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 1350 1550 1546 1552 1496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2189 Write 1,387 Mixed 1,202 SusWrite 1,465 348% 1561 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 77.8 256% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,065 DQ Write 985 DQ Mixed 1,001 758% 1,017 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 333%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 10GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 7.2 8.1 7.9 7 7.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	5.65% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 3 Mixed 6 SusWrite 7.5 10% 8.77 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.65% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 5,417 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3050

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	1,590x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	530x
Core i5-7500TIntelBench 66%, 5,419 samples	496x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	2,484x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	943x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	166x

SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 256GBSKBench 78%, 22,335 samples	88x
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 73%, 16,265 samples	84x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	76x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,269 samples	381x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	152x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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