Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.65% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	52.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 02:49
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 as expected (41^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 72.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 224 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 591 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 6.6 Parallax 7.5 5% 6.83 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 0.3 4% 4.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar SSD 256GB 6,360 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 123 135 138 139 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 404 Write 248 Mixed 294 SusWrite 148 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 13.6 70% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 45.1 DQ Mixed 25.4 41% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 25E3 1TB 424 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 907GB free, PID 25e3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 117 116 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 157 Write 121 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 117 148% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 192% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x16GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 19.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 96.1 42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 128%

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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 7040 Builds (Compare 5,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,692x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	355x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,236x
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	152x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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