Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '22 at 02:47
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 196 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 626 59% 489 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 350X 1,137 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.4% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 14.1 0% 8.37 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 8.9 Splatting 8.3 7% 8.43 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 2.4% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 762GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA7S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 67 73 75 35 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 49.1 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 61.3 33% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 25% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 10TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 8TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 40 41 41 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 102%
Corsair Survivor 3.0 125GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 110GB free, PID 1a0a Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 227 Write 156 Mixed 184 SusWrite 34.6 188% 150 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 5.6 400% 7.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 20.3 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 74%

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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 5,233 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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,311x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,716x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	359x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,272x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	232x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	201x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	123x
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	323x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	154x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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