Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.26% 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	47.7% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	0.5 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	Oct 29 '19 at 20:12
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X3370 298 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 71.8 1-Core 37.3 2-Core 83.7 42% 64.3 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 152 19% 145 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Dell(1028 2120) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 8.87 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 12.5 7% 10.1 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 8.7 Splatting 9.61 7% 8.85 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 480GB-$70 2,932 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 202 206 215 211 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.7% Average	Read 223 Write 217 Mixed 210 SusWrite 204 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 23.6 76% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 83 DQ Mixed 37.5 34% 48.6 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 121%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 165GB free Firmware: 00.0NS03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 73 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 74.5 Write 71 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 72.5 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE 2TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 486GB free, PID c005 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 28.8 Write 25.5 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 25.4 35% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 64% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 53%

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 way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 5.5 17% 5.87 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 5.6 16% 5.43 GB/s	Latency 97.2 41% 97.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	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