Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	238% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '23 at 20:39
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 39.3 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 187 57% 109 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 514 53% 429 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.7% 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. 30.0.101.1692 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 3.1 Parallax 3.7 4% 3.77 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 4.4 Splatting 5.5 4% 4.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SHPP41-1000GM 1TB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 435% 874GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51060A20 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1275 1333 1383 901 863 859 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,050 Write 1,572 Mixed 1507 SusWrite 1,102 349% 1,558 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 66.2 212% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 587 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 430 337% 470 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 572%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 915GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 179 183 184 183 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 169 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 183 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	24% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 7.6 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 4.3 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 206 20% 206 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 43%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,301x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,711x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	358x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,264x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	198x

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	153x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

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