Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	32.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 22:46
Run Duration	534 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 41.5 2-Core 85.7 44% 66.9 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 167 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 32 Parallax 42.8 33% 38.5 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 38 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 212GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 160GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.2% Good	Read 492 Write 228 Mixed 310 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 24.3 86% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 70.9 70% 112 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 300GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 463 Write 227 Mixed 312 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 25.1 88% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 35.5 53% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109090192 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5163315 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (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 66 47 13557170210 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25116 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 -140737488355294 (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 -45535243271849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6167442764 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9239245555	91.2% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 165 Mixed 138 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 28GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	4.9% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 8.04 Mixed 5.35 12% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.01 1% 0.01 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 4.9% Great: 19%

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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	18.4% Very poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 5.6 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 2.3 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 3.9 12% 4.03 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 45%

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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 $32Bench 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: 43% - Average

Total price: $121

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 $184	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) $35	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