Dell OptiPlex 3046

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemDell OptiPlex 3046
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 3046  (all builds)
Memory7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160620
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 25 '18 at 10:56
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 87
1-Core 111
2-Core 222
79% 140 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 392
55% 408 Pts
64-Core 422
26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Dell(1028 079B) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
6.64% Terrible
Lighting 6.97
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 6.78
6% 7.99 fps
MRender 8.76
Gravity 6.2
Splatting 14.5
8% 9.83 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.64%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
242GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 133 137 142 156 153 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
74% Very good
Read 117
Write 142
Mixed 64.7
SusWrite 141
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 74%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
78% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 25.7
79% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 24.3
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 70.5
57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 78%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical OptiPlex 3046 Builds (Compare 250 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 62%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3046

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $67
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