Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.2% 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	94.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '21 at 09:34
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th 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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 654 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 550 1,189 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Dell(1028 1712) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1219 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 14.9 Reflection 27.3 Parallax 21.2 12% 21.1 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 25.2 18% 21.8 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0D SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 364 258 150 150 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 351 Mixed 391 SusWrite 181 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 43.6 173% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 306 222% 284 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 367GB free Firmware: KC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 128 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 127 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 127 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 3x8GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 75%

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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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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	2,291x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,706x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,254x
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	97x
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	317x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16