Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.3% 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	81.3% 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	18.1 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 04 '23 at 02:21
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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-$180 282,363 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)	71.4% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 164 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 488 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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)	76.3% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 95.9 82% 97.8 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 78 66% 81.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 211 212 205 207 210 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 393 Write 402 Mixed 302 SusWrite 226 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 35.5 116% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 255 217% 318 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 110%
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 10GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 128 120 48 134 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 321 Write 125 Mixed 148 SusWrite 97.8 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 19.1 75% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 93.6 84% 127 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.1% 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	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 66%

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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	2,305x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,713x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	359x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,268x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	199x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	122x
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	321x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	154x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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