Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.51% 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	310% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160912
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '21 at 20:29
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 (96^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 77 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 395 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73% 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 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.51% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 6.1 Parallax 6.8 5% 6.27 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 9.8 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42AZS6AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 1120 1309 1236 950 1549 940 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,516 Write 1,696 Mixed 148 SusWrite 1,184 306% 1,386 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 82.7 277% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,282 DQ Write 1029 DQ Mixed 568 585% 960 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 318%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 857GB free Firmware: MS2OA810 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 158 170 176 174 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 158 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 170 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 04CB000002B5 01980000802C 9905678-029.A00G 04CB000002B5 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2667, 2667, 2133, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 72%

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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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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	2,295x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,707x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,258x
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	320x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $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