Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '22 at 19:00
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100T-$108 6,076 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Memory 47.1 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 112 44% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 196 22% 175 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 68%

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 way below expectations (13^th percentile)	2.85% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 5.5 4% 4.13 fps	MRender 0.2 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 0.2 0% 0.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.85% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR054 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 308 207 324 379 381 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 336 Write 220 Mixed 199 SusWrite 315 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 11.7 53% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 28.9 78% 160 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 92%
TOSHIBA USB FLASH DRIVE 64GB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 28GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 3.9 9 9 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	9.29% Terrible	Read 38.1 Write 26.6 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 8.3 24% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1.5 76% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.29% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6DFR8A-PB 1x4GB 6,087 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	19.8% Very poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 7.8 20% 7.17 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 0.7 11% 3.93 GB/s	Latency 172 23% 172 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 32%

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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 2,621 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,381x
Core i3-6100Intel $76Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	469x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,870x
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 $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	160x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	120x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $95

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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