Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.89% 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	99.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 19:20
Run Duration	509 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500T 9,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 180 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 340 42% 320 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06BB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 7.34 6% 8.26 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 14.5 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8525 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 250 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 42 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30422101144	99.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 389 Mixed 403 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 40.9 147% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 95 106% 180 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 134%
Hitachi HTS 721010A9E630 1TB 1,664 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 576GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 108 Write 115 Mixed 113 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 552GB free Firmware: 040B Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 131 Mixed 128 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.22 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 99%
BUFFALO HD-WLU3/R1 1 6TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 579GB free, PID 01ce Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	2.03% Terrible	Read 6.47 Write 4.99 Mixed 2.13 5% 4.53 MB/s	4K Read 0.002 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.007 0% 0.004 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 2.03% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.M16 Transcend TS1GSK64W6H 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 59%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,379x
Core i3-6100Intel $76Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	468x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,866x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	122x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	160x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	120x

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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 $186	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