[Guide] Install High Sierra or Mojave on the Dell Optiplex 7010 / 9010 Desktop PC - Revision II

[Eli9019]

I reinstalled using the updated guide - went perfectly! Thank you for all the work.

 

[nicksoph]

@gkoutrou68 No real advantage to GT710 its not much faster than the cpu's hd4000, Any card that works oob on majoave is likely to work without redoing anything and may not even require any edits. Others will be better able to advise on which gpu's are good but you might want to say a little more about what you want do with the machine and what your budget might be.

 

[gkoutrou68]

@nicksoph I didn't want to be off subject.
I want to buy a card for my kids to play games like fortnite, pubg but up to 100€ budget. Difficult, I know.
Personally, I will use the machine for photo and video editing.

 

[trs96]

@nicksoph I didn't want to be off subject.
I want to buy a card for my kids to play games like fortnite, pubg but up to 100€ budget. Difficult, I know.
Personally, I will use the machine for photo and video editing.

An RX560 4GB would be perfect for these things. Either save up a little more money or wait till you can find one on sale as they are being closed out this year. Sometimes you can find one used for a reasonable price. A GT 710 would be a complete waste of time and money for these kinds of uses.

 

[trs96]

Dell CustoMac mini vs. Apple Mac mini Server Late 2012
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Finally got a chance to run the Geekbench score on my Dell 9010 with i7-3770. It does beat the highest spec quad core i7 Mac mini from Late 2012. Spoiler Alert: My Dell beats the Apple mini in multicore by over 1,500 points. Excellent !

 

[nicksoph]

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the Geekbench score on my Dell 9010 with i7-3770. Single Core - 4073, Multicore - 13952

the Geekbench score on my Dell 7010 with i5-3475S. Single Core - 3110, Multicore - 9576
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/11889206
and openCL
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/3605438
Edit: same machine with a 3570K (in just for this test)
the Geekbench score on my Dell 7010 with i5-3570K. Single Core - 3644, Multicore - 11294 without xcpm or ssdt

Macmini6,2 - Geekbench Browser

Benchmark results for a Macmini6,2 with an Intel Core i5-3570K processor.

browser.geekbench.com

the Geekbench score on my Dell 7010 with i5-3570K. Single Core - 3969, Multicore - 11800 with ssdt

Macmini6,2 - Geekbench Browser

Benchmark results for a Macmini6,2 with an Intel Core i5-3570K processor.

browser.geekbench.com

The 3570K runs about 10C hotter than the 3475S when idle

 

[trs96]

the Geekbench score on my Dell 7010 with i5-3475S. Single Core - 3110, Multicore - 9576

Great Nick. On the 3770 I'm not certain if the score takes into a account the turbo boost that the 3770 has. That would make scores even higher when clock speeds go over 3.4 and up to 3.9. The Apple mini of course has no turbo to utilize.

 

[nicksoph]

Finally got a chance to run the Geekbench score on my Dell 9010 with i7-3770. It does beat the highest spec quad core i7 Mac mini from Late 2012.

My report from geekbench shows memory speed (1600Mhz) but your report doesn't - what might be the cause? 'XMPDetection = yes' in my clover config?

 

[SpideR93]

I can't find out what is the difference between 7010 and 9010. They seems to be identical is it right?

 

[trs96]

My report from geekbench shows memory speed (1600Mhz) but your report doesn't - what might be the cause? 'XMPDetection = yes' in my clover config?

It shows up as 1600 MHz in "about this Mac" so I'm sure it's working at that speed. I'll enable it and see what happens.

Edit: enabled XMP detection and it doesn't make any difference in GB test. Still no show.