Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '23 at 09:55
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 176 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 496 51% 411 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 2400 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 86.5 80% 93.9 fps	MRender 79.6 Gravity 85.7 Splatting 77.1 66% 80.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 73%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1692 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.13% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 7.8 Parallax 8 6% 7.53 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 10.8 7% 8.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.13% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 215 213 209 212 212 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 413 Write 400 Mixed 317 SusWrite 228 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 37.6 124% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 255 216% 318 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 110%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 10GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 46 111 74 14 89 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.3% Average	Read 139 Write 85.2 Mixed 145 SusWrite 75.9 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 19.8 81% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 92.3 84% 127 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905622-058.A00G 04CB0000830B AO2P26KC8T1-BPYS 04CB0000830B AO2P26KC8T1-BPYS 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2133, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 18.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 66%

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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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,311x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,716x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	359x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,272x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	232x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	201x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	123x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	98x
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	323x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	154x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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