Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.12% 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	272% 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	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	19.9 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '20 at 07:51
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	CHN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 217 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 590 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% 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. 26.20.100.8142 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.12% Terrible	Lighting 6.57 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 7.16 5% 7.78 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 13.7 8% 8.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.12% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Reeinno FR120GB R2S3 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 98GB free Firmware: V4010-be SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 109 44 43 44 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 383 Write 269 Mixed 293 SusWrite 97.3 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 40.8 142% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 165 142% 207 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 34,988 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 676GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1375 1103 1148 1174 948 626 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2059 Write 1,958 Mixed 1,280 SusWrite 1,062 356% 1590 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 76.7 255% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,073 DQ Write 958 DQ Mixed 1,022 765% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 329%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 533GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 182 182 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 172 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 184 98% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
WD Elements 25A3 2TB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 201 201 201 198 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 194 Write 152 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 198 209% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CS4U2666D19161C 80AD000080AD HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 80AD000080AD HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 80AD000080AD HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 28GB 2667, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.4% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 9.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns

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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	2,301x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,711x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	358x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,264x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	198x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	122x
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	321x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	153x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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