Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.7% 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	86.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200527
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '20 at 19:07
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 230 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 429 60% 442 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 77%

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. 26.20.100.8142 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.22 6% 8.2 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 14.4 8% 9.78 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 SATA 256GB 511 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20121P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 332 313 305 313 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 419 Write 350 Mixed 309 SusWrite 308 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 33.3 116% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 279 224% 315 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 3,256 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.7 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 81%

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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 $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,692x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,239x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	230x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	195x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	122x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	97x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	89x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	341x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	315x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	152x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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