| PC Status | Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas. |
| 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good. |
| Boot Drive | 265% 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 | 12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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. |
Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
| System | Dell OptiPlex 7040 |
| Motherboard | Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds) |
| Memory | 1.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz |
| Display | 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| BIOS Date | 20181010 |
| Uptime | 34.3 Days |
| Run Date | May 16 '21 at 01:31 |
| Run Duration | 126 Seconds |
| Run User | USA-User |
| Background CPU | 55% |
PC Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).
| Processor | Bench | Normal | Heavy | Server |
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72%
Very good
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69% 118 Pts
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49% 391 Pts
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30% 490 Pts
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| Drives | Bench | Sequential | Random 4k | Deep queue 4k |
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Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
360GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 929 660 662 657 656 657 MB/s
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265%
Outstanding
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367% 1,645 MB/s
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274% 95.5 MB/s
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709% 941 MB/s
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WD Purple Surveillance 6TB (2017)-$140
190GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 72 74 62 15 6.9 MB/s
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38.8%
Below average
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47% 64.8 MB/s
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94% 0.7 MB/s
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| Memory Kit | Bench | Multi core | Single core | Latency |
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Unknown HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP |
43.5%
Average
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43% 14.9 GB/s
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34% 12 GB/s
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55% 73.1 ns
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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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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040
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| 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 | 356x |
| GPU |
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| HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples | 3,237x |
| GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples | 230x |
| GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples | 195x |
| EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER | Value: 82% - Excellent | Total price: $180 |