Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.72% 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	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '22 at 18:12
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$299 258,369 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 229 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 589 64% 495 Pts	64-Core 579 39% 579 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 340X 1,857 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 0083) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	5.72% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 5.3 Parallax 11.4 5% 7.67 fps	MRender 4.3 Gravity 8.7 Splatting 4.6 6% 5.87 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.72% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 52,521 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 117 128 128 127 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 408 Write 126 Mixed 125 SusWrite 125 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 14.3 113% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 48.7 83% 166 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB 3,083 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.4% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 10.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 44%

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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	9	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	SAM08C8 S22B300

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $299Bench 75%, 258,369 samples	2,567x
Core i5-6500Intel $180Bench 71%, 227,742 samples	1,631x
Core i5-6600Intel $246Bench 74%, 85,666 samples	282x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 165,045 samples	3,033x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 967,143 samples	235x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 172,902 samples	210x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 12,318 samples	132x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 22,895 samples	114x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 149%, 18,669 samples	84x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,395 samples	511x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,265 samples	384x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 829 samples	192x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $299

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $280	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $111
Intel Core i7-12700K $380	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16