Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.43% 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	91.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '17 at 14:00
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 659 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 340X 2,285 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0083) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2701.0 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 11.2 5% 8.76 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 8.93 Splatting 6.48 6% 6.74 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 466GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,575 Write 1,365 Mixed 1,377 390% 1,772 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 34.4 216% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 125 236% 480 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 254%
Intel SSDSC2BF256A5 SA 256GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: LB1i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 163 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 437120 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4032 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 100 81606869025 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 100 37341823 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14797 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14797 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11886 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1520	91.8% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 288 Mixed 307 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 22.6 153% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 58.5 98% 190 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 149 149 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 75 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 476 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 141735034907 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 3 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13197129 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19893925 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	70.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 125 Mixed 111 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SF4641G8CKHI6DFSEG 2x8GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 11%

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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