Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

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


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 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 73.4%, 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140528
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 23:50
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 93.9 1-Core 87 2-Core 166 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 382 43% 338 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4550 3,005 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0002) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0107 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 2.89 Write 67.7 Mixed 80.3 39% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.19 99% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 108%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 99GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 69 Write 60.5 Mixed 63.6 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 87 141802857 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 755 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 228437457 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3843 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131360 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 605159458 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 27 141802857 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 92 164 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 92 164 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 118403658434661 (F1) Unknown 100 253 533328759 (F2) Unknown 100 253 323191011	59.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 79.7 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5773CH0-CH9 80CE000080CE M378B5773CH0-CH9 859B0000802C CT51264BA160B.C16F 859B0000802C CT51264BA160B.C16F 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 11.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 41%

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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	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 $49Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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