Dell OptiPlex 3050

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3050
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3050 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 04:22
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 440 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 4.27 Parallax 4.22 4% 4.26 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.09 4% 4.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$33 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1025F8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 84 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4214 (A5) Unknown 100 100 35 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (94) Unknown 100 100 4449 (95) Unknown 100 100 162 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 130 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 53 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26228 (F2) Unknown 100 100 40485 (F5) Unknown 100 100 67424	74.1% Very good	Read 496 Write 250 Mixed 273 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 21.2 101% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 48.3 77% 150 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 93%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 902GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 146030329884 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 184 Mixed 164 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 47%

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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%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3050

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	1,599x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	531x
Core i5-7500TIntelBench 66%, 5,419 samples	496x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	2,495x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	944x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	166x

SSD
hynix SC311 SATA 256GBSKBench 78%, 22,335 samples	89x
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 73%, 16,265 samples	85x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	76x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,269 samples	385x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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