Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	197% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '16 at 13:18
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 427 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3718) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7595 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 65.3 62% 73.1 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 74.3 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 2,034 Write 924 Mixed 1,141 300% 1,366 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 40.7 185% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 28.3 39% 68.6 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 243%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 196GB free Firmware: SC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123434112 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22370948 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 464 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 50 50 50 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 655687718 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 564 (C2) HDA temperature 38 46 60129542182 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.6% Average	Read 81.6 Write 80.5 Mixed 79 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C15 4x4GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 123%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,691x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,238x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	230x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	195x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	122x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	97x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	89x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	341x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	315x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	152x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

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 $46

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