Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% 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	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.

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System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200527
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '20 at 21:54
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$180 282,363 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 (94^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 584 65% 509 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Zotac(19DA 4509) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 146 Parallax 159 121% 151 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 111% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 293 296 291 292 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1,016 Write 177 Mixed 305 SusWrite 294 98% 448 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 31.1 176% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 982 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 416 366% 569 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 147%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 418GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 178 184 256 256 234 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 445 Write 417 Mixed 289 SusWrite 232 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 37.2 125% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 208 186% 284 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 108%
Intel SSDSC2BF256A5 SATA 256GB 673 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 238GB free Firmware: LB1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 237 253 274 274 274 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 380 Write 279 Mixed 273 SusWrite 259 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 19.4 125% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 174 158% 241 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 92%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 577GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 125 127 127 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 124 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 2,345 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 78%

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,299x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,707x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,260x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16