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 (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 13:55
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 550-$110 19,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 76 2-Core 128 54% 90.4 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 204 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7300 SE 1,208 User benchmarks, average bench 0% XFX(1682 227E) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 0% Great: 0%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20235465 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3517 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 345047727 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1755 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032856 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 420872217 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 30 20235465 (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 -138474040572384 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4219081223 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2933261103	55.5% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 95.3 Mixed 23.4 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.43 87% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 95 55717847 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10724 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 239772558 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2453 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 437649434 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 58 28758601 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27.1% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 43.9 Mixed 37.2 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5273CH0-CH9 4x4GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.2% Below average	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 13.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 51%

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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	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 $46Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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