Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6% 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	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '19 at 15:39
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	22%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 196 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 407 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 73%

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. 25.20.100.6576 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6% Terrible	Lighting 6.47 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 5.72 5% 6.91 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 6 Splatting 12.1 7% 8.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SQ500S37240G 240GB 1,214 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 191 186 168 163 177 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 255 Write 105 Mixed 298 SusWrite 189 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 37.4 130% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 197 168% 244 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 103%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 383GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 207 280 237 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 208 Write 259 Mixed 287 SusWrite 206 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 4.3 47% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 159 96% 107 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 97%
External USB3.0 1TB 2,106 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 931GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 111 37 153 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 154 Write 161 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 105 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 72%
SanDisk Cruzer U 32GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 16GB free, PID 55a5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 6.9 8.3 7.7 8.1 8.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 37 Write 4.7 Mixed 14 SusWrite 8 17% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.3 140% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 14%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 648GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 6.6 6.3 5.8 4.4 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 78.3 Write 80.5 Mixed 43 SusWrite 13.9 68% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KP4T2F-PSB Micron 8KTF51264AZ-1G6P1 8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 59%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

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 $46Bench 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