Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.2% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	13.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '22 at 11:32
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50% Average	Memory 62.2 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 148 55% 95.2 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 257 30% 234 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 73%

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. 30.0.101.1692 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.53% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 3.3 Parallax 5.8 4% 4.53 fps	MRender 6.2 Gravity 4.8 Splatting 10.5 6% 7.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.53% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 256GB 6,980 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 116 65 68 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 374 Write 170 Mixed 295 SusWrite 111 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 24 91% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 194 170% 252 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 108%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 439GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 97 96 95 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 106 Write 76.6 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 95.9 110% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%
Verbatim Desktop HDD 3.0 3TB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free, PID 0415 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 128 136 139 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 107 Write 115 Mixed 93.9 SusWrite 134 156% 112 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.6 242% 3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 77%
SAMSUNG HM100UI 1TB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 699GB free, PID 047a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 36 36 38 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 100 Write 16.2 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 35.9 45% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 27% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 18%
TOSHIBA USB 3.5"-HDD 802GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free, PID 0b09 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 32 32 33 34 34 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.1% Very poor	Read 52.4 Write 33.9 Mixed 31 SusWrite 33.1 48% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 80% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 7,869 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,389x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	469x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,879x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	122x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	161x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	122x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16