Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 40.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	45.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '20 at 20:19
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8500-$110 18,841 User benchmarks, average bench 42% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Memory 69.7 1-Core 45.3 2-Core 85.2 43% 66.7 Pts	4-Core 70.8 8-Core 78.6 10% 74.7 Pts	64-Core 85.9 5% 85.9 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% MSI(1462 8D92) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Lighting 58.6 Reflection 50.9 Parallax 48 48% 52.5 fps	MRender 45 Gravity 51.6 Splatting 50.7 40% 49.1 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 197 225 234 234 233 MB/s Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.3% Good	Read 251 Write 234 Mixed 228 SusWrite 212 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 36.6 123% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 152 117% 155 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 174GB free Firmware: GM2OA5BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 74 73 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 66.7 Write 66.2 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 73.4 45% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	20.4% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.1 19% 6.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.2 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 40%

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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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Total price: $117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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