Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	194% 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '16 at 05:10
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 129 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 673 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

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 CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 64.9 62% 73.1 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 74.4 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,561 Write 804 Mixed 1,055 252% 1,140 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 50.2 214% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 521 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 188 200% 338 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 243%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 8GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28338194220069 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 326 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2088 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 51 47247982624 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 326 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 26001 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 26001 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19840 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2187	68.5% Good	Read 450 Write 173 Mixed 152 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 20.7 112% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 50.8 68% 120 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 91%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 100455296 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 605 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30899928 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 505 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 180 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 623116325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 607 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 60129542181 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	80.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 134 Mixed 131 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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 (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% 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	2,286x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,697x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,244x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	230x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	196x

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	316x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	153x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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