Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.01% 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	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '22 at 14:24
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 59 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 66% 122 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 540 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Lighting 5.6 Reflection 5 Parallax 6.3 5% 5.63 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 10.5 6% 6.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 231 229 226 218 228 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 371 Write 334 Mixed 305 SusWrite 243 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 33.6 109% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 94.7 DQ Mixed 190 136% 179 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 209 211 204 210 213 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 134 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 209 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1A1 1x16GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 6.3 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 42%

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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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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,290x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,706x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,253x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	197x

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	91x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	343x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	317x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16