Dell OptiPlex 3060, Core i5-8500, 32GB, 512GB SSD, Black
CPU 3.00GHz
RAM 32 GB
Storage 512 GB
GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 11 Pro
38 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average port selection (5th percentile)
- Below average gpu (8th percentile)
- Below average cpu (30th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | 3.00GHz |
| Cores | 6 |
| Frequency | 3.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 9 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 3060 | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS | HP OMEN GT16-0364 | MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US | iBUYPOWER Slate MESH SMI7N4601 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | 3.00GHz | Apple M3 Ultra | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | Intel Core i7 14700F |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 96 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 512 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 |
| Form Factor | sff | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | - | - | 500 | 850 | 750 | 600 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 3060 | 29.9 | 7.6 | 64.1 | 5.3 | 41 | 70 | 42.4 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.7 | 99.3 | 86.3 |
| Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS Compare | 90.8 | 81.9 | 81.8 | 93.2 | 69.1 | 70 | 99.9 |
| HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare | 69.8 | 89.2 | 87.3 | 98 | 53.7 | 70 | 99.1 |
| MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US Compare | 74.8 | 89.2 | 87.3 | 93.8 | 69.1 | 37.4 | 83 |
| iBUYPOWER Slate MESH SMI7N4601 Compare | 84.7 | 73.9 | 78.1 | 95.8 | 69.1 | 27.3 | 99.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall38
- AI/LLM18.9
- Gaming7.9
- Portability37.3
- Creator15.6
- Business46.4
- Developer38.3
- Home Office44.1
- Workstation36.1
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Other Configurations30
OptiPlex 306064 bit Hexa-Core Processor8GB512GBCA$369OptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 85008GB500GBCA$391OptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5-850016GB500GBCA$399OptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-850016GB500GBCA$409OptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5-850016GB512GBCA$415OptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-840016GB512GBCA$420OptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-840016GB256GBCA$420OptiPlex 30603.00GHz16GB512GBCA$460OptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850032GB500GBCA$519
Show all 30 configurations
OptiPlex 3060-SFFIntel Core i7-870016GB500GBCA$600OptiPlex 3060Pentium Gold16GB1TBCA$650OptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 850016GB1536GBCA$660OptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850016GB1536GBCA$790Optiplex 3060Intel Core i5-850032GB2TBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 850032GB1TBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 850016GB512GBOptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850016GB2TBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-850032GB256GBOptiplex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 85008GB500GBOptiplex 3060Intel Core i5 85008GB250GBOptiplex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850032GB1TBOptiPlex 306064 bit Six-Core Processor16GB2TBOptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850016GB250GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-85008GB128GBOptiPlex 3060-SFFIntel Core i5-85008GB256GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Pentium 850016GB500GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 8th Gen32GB1TBOptiplex 3060Intel 8th Generation Core i516GB512GBOptiPlex 3060Intel i5-850016GB250GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-8600K16GB500GB
