Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 27% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.48% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '16 at 09:09
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Memory 53.6 1-Core 15.1 2-Core 42.8 26% 37.2 Pts	4-Core 60.2 8-Core 40.9 7% 50.6 Pts	64-Core 45.7 3% 45.7 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 420 229 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 057E) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4195 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.48% Terrible	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.22 0% 0.66 fps	MRender 2.19 Gravity 0.43 Splatting 0.96 1% 1.19 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.48% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211104496 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13972156 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (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 64 56 673120292 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 546 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 94489280548 (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 -125322850729388 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2467946422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30231874885	68.6% Good	Read 69.9 Write 168 Mixed 86.2 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.82 4K Mixed 0.51 148% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 94%
JMicron 1TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 893GB free Firmware: 4102 Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 35.9 Mixed 35.1 27% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.45 105% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 587GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12621592 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 290873355 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 706347044 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 641 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 90194313252 (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 -83906481085966 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43326914490 (F2) Unknown 100 253 251994445153	78.5% Very good	Read 105 Write 168 Mixed 81.7 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.64 199% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 112%
JMicron 1TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 453GB free Firmware: 4101 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 89.2 Mixed 84.7 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.17 53% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 83%
JMicron 80GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 71GB free Firmware: 4102 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	33% Below average	Read 57.4 Write 57.4 Mixed 55.1 43% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.48 97% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 33%

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 way below expectations (17^th percentile)	16% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 5.6 16% 5.63 GB/s	SC Read 1.9 SC Write 2 SC Mixed 4 8% 2.63 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 45%

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Typical OptiPlex 960 Builds (Compare 234 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

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 $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	115x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	35x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	16x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16