Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.26% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 19:04
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Memory 72.7 1-Core 39.2 2-Core 78 42% 63.3 Pts	4-Core 71.4 8-Core 74 10% 72.7 Pts	64-Core 77.4 5% 77.4 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3700 1,068 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 055F) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.92 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	5.26% Terrible	Lighting 7.07 Reflection 7.04 Parallax 2.38 6% 5.49 fps	MRender 6.05 Gravity 5.37 Splatting 4.57 4% 5.33 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.26% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11751405 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -137516262880457 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 410 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 33 85901508637 (C2) HDA temperature 29 33 85901508637 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11751405 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11751405 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11751405 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2929 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1807 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1807 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4014 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3670049	32.1% Below average	Read 191 Write 88.8 Mixed 122 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 7.59 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 9.86 51% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 61.7 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 27.1 38% 67.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 141GB free Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3776 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2556 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3776 (C2) HDA temperature 110 105 33 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 81 81 14179 (F1) Unknown 200 200 17507794795 (F2) Unknown 200 200 39969793189	56.7% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 98.6 Mixed 74.3 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.45 116% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	20% Poor	MC Read 6.3 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.27 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 95.2 42% 95.2 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 44%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16