Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.66% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '16 at 11:32
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 182 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 363 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71% 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 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4279 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 6.06 6% 7.96 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 14.7 9% 9.96 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata DP900 512GB-DL3 275 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4306952832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 84095459655689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 19 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 49 98787459117 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 105 4306952832 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 105 105 4306952832 (CC) Soft ECC correction 105 105 4306952832 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 98 (EA) Unknown 0 0 167 (F1) Unknown 0 0 167 (F2) Unknown 0 0 69	59.3% Above average	Read 498 Write 212 Mixed 322 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 15.6 66% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 85 DQ Mixed 51.8 64% 117 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 63%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 20GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 149 Write 31.2 Mixed 52.2 77% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.11 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.67 88% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,692x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,239x
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 $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