Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.7% 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	98.7% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '19 at 21:01
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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)	78.3% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 423 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 14 Parallax 10.3 12% 13 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 15.3 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 217 90 82 76 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 364 Write 456 Mixed 370 SusWrite 159 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 57.6 192% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 338 250% 329 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 134%
SMI USB DISK 4GB 2,026 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.61% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 14.2 Mixed 9 SusWrite 15.1 19% 15 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.61% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 859B0000802C CT102464BD160B.M16 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 15.6 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

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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%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,381x
Core i3-6100Intel $40Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	469x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,870x
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 $54Bench 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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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