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Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 41.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.33% 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 (39%). 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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 06:46
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9500 5,111 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Memory 61.5 1-Core 37.8 2-Core 72.6 37% 57.3 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 113 16% 119 Pts	64-Core 109 7% 109 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% XFX(1682 3180) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.33% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 5.1 Parallax 6.4 4% 5.6 fps	MRender 4.5 Gravity 6.1 Splatting 5.3 4% 5.3 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.33% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 56 57 49 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 87 Write 82.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 59.2 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 412GB free Firmware: SN06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 107 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%

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)	15.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.2 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 4.9 14% 5.07 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 4.8 13% 4.4 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 45%

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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 239 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 $54Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	83x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	37x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	28x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	29x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	19x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	19x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	117x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	36x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	17x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $84

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $155	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $230	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350