Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.03% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170510
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 22:32
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-750-$72 43,796 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 147 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 284 38% 285 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Diamond(1092 5450) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.03% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 1.65 Parallax 1.5 1% 1.46 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.29 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.03% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 320GB-$29 3,408 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120671747 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 915 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4509849762 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 403898392 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 47244640280 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 30 120671747 (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 16574278819173 (F1) Unknown 100 253 771559141 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3015542293	52.2% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 92.4 Mixed 87 68% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.47 103% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 65%
Patriot Memory 4GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 1f00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	4.51% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 5.13 Mixed 7.18 10% 9.18 MB/s	4K Read 4.83 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 19% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.51% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.B1GDE.AF1 017A000080AD 78.B1GDE.AF1 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.5% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 42%

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Typical OptiPlex 980 Builds (Compare 827 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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	196x

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 $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	13x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 202 samples	17x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16