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Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	1.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '15 at 22:19
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 47 2-Core 94.1 32% 70.6 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 179 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 37% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.08% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.48 fps	MRender 1.62 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.34 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.08% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD1600AVVS-63L2B0 160GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 138GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 153 3333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 81 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 142 (C2) HDA temperature 106 100 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.4% Average	Read 74.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 74.2 57% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197356862 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 964 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 499055054 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 964 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 723779624 (C2) HDA temperature 40 49 77309411368 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 35 197356862 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -110346299730972 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3120716163 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3739666870	47.2% Average	Read 87 Write 77.5 Mixed 79.9 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 519GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 28.1 Mixed 29.1 38% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 45%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 324GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 27.6 Mixed 28.2 37% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.13 40% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 36%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop

Desktop 40%

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Workstation

Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 960

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	81x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	35x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	27x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	29x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	19x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	18x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	114x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	35x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	16x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $118

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