Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 08:00
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600T 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 73% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 414 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 81%

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. 27.20.100.9664 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 7.5 Parallax 7.9 6% 7.37 fps	MRender 0.2 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0.2 0% 0.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKKB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 415 391 387 383 379 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 226 Write 105 Mixed 203 SusWrite 392 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 38.7 149% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 168 152% 229 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 075D GR2400S464L17S/8G 16GB 2133, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	1	1	60	24"	1280 720	ACI2493 VE247

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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	2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,692x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	356x

GPU
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

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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