Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.8% 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 13:43
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 642 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

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)	11.8% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 10.4 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 15.2 11% 13 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 375 376 374 373 372 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 449 Mixed 391 SusWrite 378 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.8 205% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 340 254% 338 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 155 153 153 153 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 153 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 80AD000080AD HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2133, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 18.8 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 70%

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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 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,314x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,719x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	360x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,280x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	232x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	201x

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	343x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	323x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	154x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16