Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.9% 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	83.2% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 20:20
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 414 57% 421 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 8621) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Lighting 17 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 16.5 14% 15.9 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 18.2 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 15%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK256GCS8 SATA 256GB 1,249 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8DA4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 259 256 259 260 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 364 Write 256 Mixed 189 SusWrite 255 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 32.2 133% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 161 153% 244 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GB 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 34%

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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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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,380x
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	1,867x
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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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $95

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) $30	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