Dell OptiPlex 960

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 22% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 23.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	0.68% 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	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130806
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 09:47
Run Duration	416 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Memory 38.2 1-Core 30 2-Core 40.1 24% 36.1 Pts	4-Core 56 8-Core 64.7 8% 60.3 Pts	64-Core 75.5 5% 75.5 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3450 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0342) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	0.68% Terrible	Lighting 0.8 Reflection 1.62 Parallax 0.22 1% 0.88 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.17 Splatting 1.35 1% 0.85 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.68% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC66 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55725712 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6355 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8768882739 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (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 61 58 672399399 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 64424509479 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 44 55725712 (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 -36782099915754 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3272793355 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2169998930	52.7% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 90.6 Mixed 87 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.12 34% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 84GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 136 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2483 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1867 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2483 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 73 73 20082 (F1) Unknown 200 200 18940910848 (F2) Unknown 200 200 30329909028	30.5% Below average	Read 50.7 Write 55.5 Mixed 55 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.38 84% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 55%
WD WD1600HLHX-75JJPV0 160GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 189 1408 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1969 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1382 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 241 (BC) Unknown 100 97 131092 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 487784474 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1881 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.7% Above average	Read 109 Write 98.5 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.58 141% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 79%

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 (9^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	MC Read 4.5 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 5.2 14% 4.93 GB/s	SC Read 2.5 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 2.8 7% 2.6 GB/s	Latency 211 19% 211 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 45%

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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