Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 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 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 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.98% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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.

CPU throttled at 60% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110901
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 10:20
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	60%

PC Performing way below expectations (6^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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 31.6 2-Core 80.1 43% 64.1 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 201 23% 178 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7470 14,835 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.200.1065.0 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	0.98% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 3.7 Parallax 1.3 1% 1.9 fps	MRender 2.3 Gravity 2 Splatting 2.2 2% 2.17 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.98% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 46 60 43 59 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 18 Write 80.2 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 54 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 55%
Philips USB Flash Drive 32GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	2.75% Terrible	Read 8.8 Write 1.8 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 3.4 4% 3.95 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.75% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT125U6BFR8C-H9 830B0000830B NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG 4GB 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.1% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns

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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 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	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 $49Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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