Dell OptiPlex 3050

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics14.8% 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 Drive207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell OptiPlex 3050
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 3050  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180809
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 02 '22 at 02:58
Run Duration170 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 91.3
1-Core 118
2-Core 226
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 438
60% 444 Pts
64-Core 449
28% 449 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152
Asus(1043 8434) 1GB
CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 473.47
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
14.8% Very poor
Lighting 17.3
Reflection 18.2
Parallax 22.5
14% 19.3 fps
MRender 22.2
Gravity 22.1
Splatting 16.8
16% 20.4 fps
Poor: 13%
This bench: 14.8%
Great: 15%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 828 916 1029 1055 1069 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
207% Outstanding
Read 1,376
Write 802
Mixed 849
SusWrite 922
220% 987 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 64.7
215% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 678
DQ Write 626
DQ Mixed 555
443% 619 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 207%
Great: 207%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 142 144 108 84 95 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Read 152
Write 156
Mixed 71.2
SusWrite 118
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 85%
SanDisk Cruzer Spark 64GB
28GB free, PID 55a1
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 9.5 12 12 12 12 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
6.28% Terrible
Read 16.2
Write 14.4
Mixed 4.2
SusWrite 11
15% 11.4 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 1.1
57% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 6.28%
Great: 18%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3E1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
79.7% Very good
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 23.2
81% 28.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 23.2
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical OptiPlex 3050 Builds (Compare 4,459 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3050

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $89
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