Dell OptiPlex 780

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 11 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 780
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 780 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '16 at 19:29
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 75.5 1-Core 39.7 2-Core 78.7 43% 64.6 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 149 19% 143 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Q45/Q43 Express Chipset 16,152 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Dell(1028 0420) Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.1749 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.49% Terrible	Lighting 0.6 Reflection 0.58 Parallax 0.56 0% 0.58 fps	MRender 0.33 Gravity 0.53 Splatting 0.83 0% 0.56 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.49% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
ARRAY 160GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 29GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 96.4 75% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.64 134% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 75890490 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 238068434 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1726 (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 70 58 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 53 75890490 (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 20070382207542 (F1) Unknown 100 253 530096259 (F2) Unknown 100 253 444737312	52.4% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 92.5 Mixed 39.4 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 44%

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Typical OptiPlex 780 Builds (Compare 953 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 780

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $150Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	227x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	145x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	91x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	142x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	97x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	74x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	16x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	275x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	168x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	102x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $178

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