Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	125% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 00:56
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 566 61% 485 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 78%

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. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.78% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 7.1 Parallax 7.7 5% 7.1 fps	MRender 9.2 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 0.1 4% 5.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.78% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 793GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 459 467 456 469 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 443 Mixed 385 SusWrite 455 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 59.9 199% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 339 255% 342 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$144 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 2TB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 460 468 456 469 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 418 Mixed 384 SusWrite 456 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 53.6 181% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 335 252% 337 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 128%
ASMT 2105 6TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 435GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 118 117 118 119 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 117 Write 121 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 118 153% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 120% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 808 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 77%

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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	2,300x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,709x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	358x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,262x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	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