Dell Optiplex 3060 SFF 2018, Core i5-8500, 8GB, 500GB SSD, Black

★★★★★ 5.0 (2)
CPU Intel Core i5 8500
RAM 8 GB
Storage 500 GB
GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 11 Pro
Dell Optiplex 3060 SFF 2018, Core i5-8500, 8GB, 500GB SSD, Black desktop
44 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong user sentiment (76th percentile) 76th
  • Strong social proof (75th percentile) 75th
  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average ram (9th percentile)
  • Below average storage (23rd percentile)
  • Below average cpu (30th percentile)

What owners think

How owner sentiment changed over time

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Based on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.

85/100Our AI sentiment readlow confidence · 5 sources · May 2026

Based on 2 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 29.9
GPU 35.7
RAM 9.3
Ports 35
Storage 23.2
User Sentiment 75.7
Reliability 70
Social Proof 75.1

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core i5 8500
Cores 6
Frequency 3.2 GHz
L3 Cache 9 MB

Graphics

GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Type Integrated
VRAM Type Shared

Memory & Storage

RAM 8 GB
RAM Generation DDR4
Storage 500 GB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor sff
Weight 3.7 kg / 8.2 lbs

Connectivity

USB Ports 4
HDMI 1x HDMI
DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

System

OS Windows 11 Pro

vs Competition

Spec Dell Optiplex 3060 SFF Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 HP OMEN GT16-0364 CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US
CPU Intel Core i5 8500 Apple M3 Ultra AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Intel Core i9 14900KF AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
RAM (GB) 8 96 32 32 64 32
Storage (GB) 500 1024 4096 1024 8192 2048
GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Apple M3 Ultra 60-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Form Factor sff sff mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower
Psu W - - 850 850 850 750
OS Windows 11 Pro macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsStorageUser SentimentReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell Optiplex 3060 SFF 29.935.79.33523.275.77075.1
Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare 99.77695.793.853.794.999.386.3
Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare 73.593.178.188.498.294.970100
HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare 69.889.287.39853.798.57099.1
CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare 9589.296.584.299.298.511.694.8
MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US Compare 92.689.287.390.58388.637.499.6

Usage Scores

Overall (44)AI/LLM (12.6)Gaming (8.9)Portability (41)Creator (14.8)Business (45)Developer (31)Home Office (40.9)Workstation (29.7)
  • Overall44
  • AI/LLM12.6
  • Gaming8.9
  • Portability41
  • Creator14.8
  • Business45
  • Developer31
  • Home Office40.9
  • Workstation29.7

A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.

Other Configurations30

Optiplex 3060Intel Core i5-850032GB2TBOptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5-850016GB512GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 850032GB1TBOptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850032GB500GBOptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5-850016GB500GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 850016GB512GBOptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850016GB2TBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-850032GB256GBOptiPlex 30603.00GHz32GB512GB
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Optiplex 3060Intel Core i5 85008GB250GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-840016GB512GBOptiPlex 30603.00GHz16GB512GBOptiplex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850032GB1TBOptiPlex 306064 bit Six-Core Processor16GB2TBOptiPlex 3060-SFFIntel Core i7-870016GB500GBOptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850016GB250GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-85008GB128GBOptiPlex 3060-SFFIntel Core i5-85008GB256GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Pentium 850016GB500GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 850016GB1536GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 8th Gen32GB1TBOptiplex 3060Intel 8th Generation Core i516GB512GBOptiPlex 3060 SFFIntel Core i5 850016GB1536GBOptiPlex 306064 bit Hexa-Core Processor8GB512GBOptiPlex 3060Pentium Gold16GB1TBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-840016GB256GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5 85008GB500GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-850016GB500GBOptiPlex 3060Intel i5-850016GB250GBOptiPlex 3060Intel Core i5-8600K16GB500GB

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