Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.73% 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	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 646 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% 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. 26.20.100.6951 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.73% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 9.96 Parallax 7.12 6% 7.98 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 14.3 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.73% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4162000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 223 291 282 292 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 338 Write 316 Mixed 161 SusWrite 276 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 33.3 113% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 56.7 DQ Mixed 28.4 25% 36.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 107 105 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 109 Write 111 Mixed 89 SusWrite 104 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 146 146 141 139 142 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 123 Write 42.7 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 142 111% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 34% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 74%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 23GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 22 15 5.8 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 20.2 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 16.5 30% 24 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 2.4 182% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 80AD000080AD HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 802C0000802C 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 802C0000802C 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A2 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 76.1 52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.8% 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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,320x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,727x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	361x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,292x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	235x
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	344x
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

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