Dell OptiPlex 3060, Core i5-8500, 16GB, 500GB SSD, Black
CPU Intel Core i5-8500
RAM 16 GB
Storage 500 GB
GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Home
33 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average gpu (8th percentile)
- Below average port selection (13th percentile)
- Below average storage (23rd percentile)
- Below average cpu (30th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8500 |
| Cores | 6 |
| Frequency | 3.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 9 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 500 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
| Weight | 5.2 kg / 11.6 lbs |
Connectivity
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 3060 | HP OmniDesk M02-0234 | Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | ASUS ROG G700 G700TF-U5F5060 | GMKtec Nucbox K8 Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8500 | AMD Ryzen 7 8700G | Intel Core Ultra 7 255H | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core Ultra 5 225F | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 500 | 1536 | 2048 | 1024 | 1024 | 2048 |
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel Arc Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | AMD Radeon 780M |
| Form Factor | sff | mini-tower | aio | mini | mid-tower | mini |
| Psu W | - | 280 | 170 | 120 | 600 | 120 |
| OS | Windows 10 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 3060 | 29.9 | 7.6 | 31.7 | 12.7 | 23.2 | 70 | 48.5 |
| HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare | 72 | 63.1 | 51.4 | 94.7 | 80 | 70 | 98.2 |
| Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Compare | 70.6 | 58.7 | 57.7 | 60.6 | 83 | 70 | 98.2 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 65.3 | 63.1 | 81.8 | 65.2 | 53.7 | 11.6 | 94.4 |
| ASUS ROG G700 G700TF-U5F5060 Compare | 71.4 | 78.1 | 54.1 | 99 | 53.7 | 37.4 | 99.1 |
| GMKtec Nucbox K8 Plus Compare | 64.7 | 63.1 | 81.8 | 85.5 | 90.2 | 11.6 | 95.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall33
- AI/LLM10.7
- Gaming5.8
- Portability28.5
- Creator11.8
- Business41.4
- Developer29.5
- Home Office36.9
- Workstation27.2
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Other Configurations30
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Show all 30 configurations
OptiPlex 30603.00GHz32GB512GBCA$610OptiPlex 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
