Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.24% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 04:09
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	85%

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 i5-6500-$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)	76.5% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 222 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 424 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06BB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.24% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 4.6 Parallax 6.7 5% 5.7 fps	MRender 6.8 Gravity 6 Splatting 9.3 6% 7.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.24% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GBK Extreme Network 128GB SSD 16 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFGJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 36 32 33 34 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 386 Write 328 Mixed 333 SusWrite 78.9 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 38.8 148% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 142 128% 190 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 372GB free Firmware: MS1OA7S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 169 163 165 172 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 168 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 166 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GB 8,612 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 59%

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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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Typical OptiPlex 3040 Builds (Compare 2,635 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,391x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	469x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,881x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	122x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	161x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	122x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $95

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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