Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.99% 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	41.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 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	Dec 11 '17 at 10:13
Run Duration	500 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 37.3 2-Core 74.7 41% 61.5 Pts	4-Core 127 8-Core 132 17% 129 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 250 1,712 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 2120) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	6.99% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 12 Parallax 13.2 7% 11.2 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 10.2 8% 9.05 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.99% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 480GB-$70 2,932 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B4) Unknown 100 100 60 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1023040010 (F7) Unknown 100 100 8329916 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1056289	41.4% Average	Read 205 Write 170 Mixed 172 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 12 71% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 64.2 DQ Mixed 12.2 19% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 121%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 488GB free Firmware: 00.0NS03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 2675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 467 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 239 (C2) HDA temperature 112 87 38 (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
Poor: 29% Great: 62%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 595GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 27.4 Write 23.8 Mixed 25.2 32% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 58%
USB Flash Drive 16GB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5598 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 2.61 Mixed 4.84 11% 13 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.84 88% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 15%

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 below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	14.6% Very poor	MC Read 4.6 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 3.3 12% 4.17 GB/s	SC Read 2.4 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 5.3 13% 4.43 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 960

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	82x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16