Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 22%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 44.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics6.91% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
SystemDell OptiPlex 960
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 960  (all builds)
Memory0.8 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20091223
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 05 '17 at 00:08
Run Duration100 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
44.4% Average
Memory 74.9
1-Core 43.2
2-Core 84.1
44% 67.4 Pts
4-Core 84.6
8-Core 85
11% 84.8 Pts
64-Core 84.7
5% 84.7 Pts
Poor: 24%
This bench: 44.4%
Great: 47%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8570
Dell(1028 2121) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
6.91% Terrible
Lighting 8.63
Reflection 9.19
Parallax 10.7
7% 9.51 fps
MRender 8.24
Gravity 7.6
Splatting 8.43
7% 8.09 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 6.91%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 80GB (2007)-$75
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
46.5% Average
Read 81.8
Write 80.2
Mixed 59.9
55% 74 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 1.42
4K Mixed 0.32
88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 46.5%
Great: 49%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1x2GB
1 of 4 slots used
2GB DIMM DDR2
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
18% Very poor
MC Read 5.4
MC Write 5.9
MC Mixed 4.8
15% 5.37 GB/s
SC Read 5
SC Write 5.9
SC Mixed 5.3
15% 5.4 GB/s
Latency 90.6
44% 90.6 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 18%
Great: 26%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical OptiPlex 960 Builds (Compare 233 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 960

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