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 (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.5% 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	75.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '22 at 19:18
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	BOL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 611 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon R5 340X 2,285 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0083) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.05% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 5.4 Parallax 11.4 5% 7.73 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 8.7 Splatting 4.6 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.05% Great: 6%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.5% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 5.3 Parallax 6.4 5% 6 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 8.6 6% 7.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3E00101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 180 275 282 333 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 434 Write 214 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 266 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 25.6 102% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 57.8 96% 182 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 577GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 168 165 169 168 165 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 25.4 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 164 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 112%
Jmicron Generic 1TB 3,310 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2GB free Firmware: 2101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 36.1 Write 38.7 Mixed 25.5 25% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 57% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 79%
hp v220w 16GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 5a07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 28.4 Write 5 Mixed 9.2 14% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 8%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 2GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 38.9 Write 38 Mixed 29.2 45% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 42%

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 below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 74%

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

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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	2,286x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,697x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,244x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	230x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	196x

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	316x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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