Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 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	61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 22 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	0.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201224
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '22 at 17:32
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$60 241,476 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 (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 150 71% 115 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 376 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.4% 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 06BB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 3.6 Parallax 1 4% 3.3 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 5.5 Splatting 0.1 2% 3.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMBB.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 4.4 5.1 20 191 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 384 Write 380 Mixed 326 SusWrite 102 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 28.3 91% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 186 159% 232 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SF564128CJ8N6NNSEG 1x4GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 3.9 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 33%

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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 3040 Builds (Compare 2,652 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,402x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	472x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	298x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,892x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	122x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	162x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	123x

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