Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 02:19
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 as expected (43^rd percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 44.1 2-Core 93.1 52% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 306 32% 259 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5400 10,400 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PwrHis(1787 3000) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.76% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.42 Parallax 1.22 1% 1.16 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.06 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.76% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X18-M 160GB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102L1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5581 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1728 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 300 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 476368 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 3797 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 341146160 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	24% Poor	Read 255 Write 88.4 Mixed 138 35% 161 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 3.14 4K Mixed 5.2 29% 7.29 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 42%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 32GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (64) Unknown 100 100 77590848 (65) Unknown 100 100 2125664 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 37 37 22874 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1312 (B7) Unknown 90 90 49 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 176094969882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 106 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 106 (E7) Temperature 37 37 63 (E9) Unknown 100 100 130781 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12202 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18697 (F2) Unknown 100 100 52314 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 106	38.3% Below average	Read 254 Write 142 Mixed 144 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 7.94 49% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 28 45% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 88%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 16.5 Mixed 19 24% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.82 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.53 104% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0198000080AD KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0198000080AD KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0198 9905403-558.A00LF 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.7 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 41%

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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 $261	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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