Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 44.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.73% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 960
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 960 (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 23:43
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Memory 73.5 1-Core 45.6 2-Core 90.2 45% 69.8 Pts	4-Core 89.8 8-Core 89 12% 89.4 Pts	64-Core 90.2 6% 90.2 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 2500) 1GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	5.73% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 5.87 6% 6.74 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 7.43 5% 6.52 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.73% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 1584 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 159543236 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2610 (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 56 48 773980204 (C2) HDA temperature 44 52 68719476780 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 33 1584 (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 -5205500353714 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1537907995 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1628584338	60.6% Good	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 99.2 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.46 86% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 88%

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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	22% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.5 20% 6.93 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 93.6 43% 93.6 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 44%

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Typical OptiPlex 960 Builds (Compare 233 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	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