Dell OptiPlex 740

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 17% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	4.74% 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	2GB 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 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.

Very high background CPU (75%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 740
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 740 (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110803
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	75%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+-$84 2,640 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Socket M2 , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Memory 59.5 1-Core 28.5 2-Core 56.7 33% 48.2 Pts	4-Core 47.2 8-Core 56.3 7% 51.8 Pts	64-Core 56 4% 56 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 3001) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.74% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 7.08 Parallax 2.59 5% 5.32 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.65 4% 5.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.74% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 703GB free Firmware: JC4B Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 117 Write 102 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 698GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 93 Mixed 80.4 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 5.52 4K Mixed 0.7 217% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x0.5GB 2,291 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 4 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 5.9 17% 5.97 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 4.2 14% 4.83 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 19%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical OptiPlex 740 Builds (Compare 20 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 35%

Sail boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 740

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+AMDBench 35%, 4,133 samples	5x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+AMDBench 36%, 2,253 samples	4x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+AMDBench 37%, 5,400 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce 6150NvidiaBench 0%, 477 samples	6x
GeForce 8400 GSNvidiaBench 1%, 18,254 samples	2x
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	1x

SSD
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	2x
C40 60GBGoodramBench 54%, 37 samples	1x
750 EVO 120GBSamsung $35Bench 93%, 20,420 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	5x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x

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Value: 8% - Terrible

Total price: $85

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $185	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