Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.28% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 00:59
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 187 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 551 60% 473 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.28% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 9.81 Parallax 6.78 5% 7.73 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 13.9 8% 9.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA7S0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 159 Write 107 Mixed 34 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 103%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 30.2 Write 3.7 Mixed 5.8 12% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.9% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 19.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 74%

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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 7040 Builds (Compare 5,254 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,319x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,722x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	361x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,285x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	233x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	204x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	123x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	98x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	91x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	343x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	324x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	154x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16