Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	7GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 7GB 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 7 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120730
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 19:32
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 71.9 1-Core 43.3 2-Core 83.8 43% 66.3 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 172 23% 171 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7470 14,835 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	2.23% Terrible	Lighting 2.93 Reflection 2.96 Parallax 2.47 2% 2.79 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 1.97 Splatting 2.61 2% 2.32 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.23% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25774784578 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 50 214748364848 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94490066966 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 312 (F1) Unknown 253 253 199 (F2) Unknown 253 253 239 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	34.1% Below average	Read 257 Write 50.8 Mixed 184 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 2.83 70% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 54.7 DQ Mixed 2.71 12% 25.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 78%
Fujitsu MHZ2120BH G1 120GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 109GB free Firmware: 00400209 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 80563 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 21430272 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5008 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 3024 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 3177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4878 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 793 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 64370 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634118689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 49 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 459210752 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 22311 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 433715217325 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	31.8% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 56.2 Mixed 54.9 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 7GB 8,824 User benchmarks, average bench 24% null MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 1024 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.4 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 52%

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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	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 $30Bench 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: 44% - Average

Total price: $119

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16