Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 40.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 00:05
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 (31^st percentile)	40.4% Average	Memory 68 1-Core 38.3 2-Core 70.1 39% 58.8 Pts	4-Core 79.2 8-Core 70.5 10% 74.8 Pts	64-Core 76.8 5% 76.8 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Q45/Q43 Express Chipset 16,152 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Dell(1028 0276) Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2702 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.55% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 0.54 Parallax 0.62 1% 0.62 fps	MRender 0.52 Gravity 0.47 Splatting 0.83 0% 0.61 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.55% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 162 4616 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 475 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 475 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 33 (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	52.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 81.6 Mixed 80.4 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.43 119% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 382GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192890911 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 243782794 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2031 (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 73 59 505085979 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 42 192890911 (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 -64218350992483 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4265765160 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2850858220	63.7% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 105 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.41 113% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 58%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 382GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 157 3066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 163 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 163 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	63.4% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 104 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.47 129% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 4.9 16% 5.43 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 4.3 14% 5.03 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 44%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

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