Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 41.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.28% 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	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 15:32
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X3370 298 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Memory 71.4 1-Core 39.1 2-Core 69.7 40% 60.1 Pts	4-Core 66.1 8-Core 69.4 9% 67.8 Pts	64-Core 75.4 5% 75.4 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Dell(1028 2120) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Lighting 8.97 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 11.8 7% 10.4 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 9.52 7% 8.71 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 480GB-$70 2,932 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 196 198 200 203 205 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.9% Average	Read 217 Write 210 Mixed 203 SusWrite 198 47% 207 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 23.5 76% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 37.3 34% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 121%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 99GB free Firmware: 00.0NS03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 59 59 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 90.2 Write 87.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 58.2 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 62%
Multiple Card Reader 64GB 1,309 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 21GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 19 Write 16.2 Mixed 17 SusWrite 14.3 22% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 2.8 194% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 24%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE 2TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 272GB free, PID c005 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 16 Mixed 25 SusWrite 17.3 28% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.4 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.6 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.1 17% 6 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 5.4 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 98.2 41% 98.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	82x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	36x
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 $28Bench 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	115x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	35x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	16x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16