Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '17 at 13:22
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 417 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8490 4,568 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2120) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS725025A7E630 250GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: GSEOA230 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 232 232 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 237918 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 176094838815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 1432 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4825823274 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3677361222 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	69.8% Good	Read 121 Write 123 Mixed 121 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 67%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 478 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	5.42% Terrible	Read 15.6 Write 9.44 Mixed 10.4 14% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.55 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 18% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.42% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 22 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

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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	2,283x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,696x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,243x
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	153x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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