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Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell OptiPlex 7040
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 7040  (all builds)
Memory7.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20220714
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 17 '22 at 08:16
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
78.2% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 108
2-Core 208
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 500
55% 434 Pts
64-Core 508
32% 508 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑
This bench: 78.2%
 Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
PNY(196E 1211) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 161
Reflection 177
Parallax 171
132% 170 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 170
Splatting 120
112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑
This bench: 120%
 Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
550GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 115 120 135 139 135 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
75.8% Very good
Read 140
Write 131
Mixed 90.2
SusWrite 124
89% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑
This bench: 75.8%
 Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 80AD000080AD HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 859B0000802C CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 12GB
2133, 2133, 2400 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
56.2% Above average
MC Read 20.3
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 17.1
56% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 20
SC Mixed 17.7
48% 16.9 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 55% ↑
This bench: 56.2%
 Great: 56%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples2,301x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples1,711x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples358x
GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples3,264x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples198x
SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples122x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples98x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples91x
RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples343x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples321x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples153x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $180
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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