Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.58% 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	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '17 at 01:01
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500T 9,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 192 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 361 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 71%

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. 10.18.15.4274 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.58% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 6.22 6% 8.02 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 14.8 8% 9.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.58% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK128GCS8 SA 128GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8DA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 100 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 100 (B4) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 100 (B6) Unknown 100 100 100 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 72 50 214749544476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2386 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2401	74.6% Very good	Read 479 Write 132 Mixed 207 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 25.9 131% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 52 76% 145 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 259F 3TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 42GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 85.5 Mixed 61 92% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 49%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 12GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 110 Write 7.68 42% 58.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 1x4GB 64,960 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 32%

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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	1,380x
Core i3-6100Intel $76Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	469x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,868x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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