Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '23 at 02:23
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	KHM-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 187 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 476 53% 417 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3729) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.7% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 36.6 28% 36.5 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 36.6 Splatting 25.6 26% 33.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AST680S 240GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP110PD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 68 35 75 76 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 392 Write 384 Mixed 294 SusWrite 82.2 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 14.1 104% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 162 130% 191 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 563GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 164 161 163 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 133 Write 86.9 Mixed 74 SusWrite 163 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905598-006.A00G 1x8GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.7% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.8 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 43%

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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	2,313x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,719x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	360x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,280x
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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $29	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