Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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!
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.46% 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 Drive89.8% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell OptiPlex 7040
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 7040  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190719
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 22 '20 at 21:44
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 83.1
1-Core 120
2-Core 239
82% 147 Pts
4-Core 470
8-Core 645
70% 558 Pts
64-Core 651
40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.46% Terrible
Lighting 7.7
Reflection 10
Parallax 7.94
6% 8.55 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 15.6
10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.46%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteon L8H-256V2G-11 M.2 2280 256GB
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F88110C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 274 279 279 275 277 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Read 442
Write 281
Mixed 262
SusWrite 276
70% 315 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 34.4
142% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 184
163% 245 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 95%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
865GB free
Firmware: AX001C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 111 110 111 112 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
64% Good
Read 113
Write 110
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 110
67% 92.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 64%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
74.9% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 23.7
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 23.4
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 75.1
53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical OptiPlex 7040 Builds (Compare 5,158 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $180
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