Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive136% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell OptiPlex 7040
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 7040  (all builds)
Memory5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170815
Uptime8.8 Days
Run DateDec 06 '17 at 14:30
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Memory 73.7
1-Core 116
2-Core 223
76% 138 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 599
63% 506 Pts
64-Core 643
40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4771
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
6.24% Terrible
Lighting 6.53
Reflection 9.42
Parallax 6.44
5% 7.46 fps
MRender 8.05
Gravity 6.23
Splatting 13.5
8% 9.25 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.24%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB
458GB free
Firmware: 0
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
39.3% Below average
Read 419
Write 210
Mixed 261
65% 296 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 1.92
4K Mixed 1.92
36% 8.43 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 39.3%
Great: 97%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
136% Outstanding
Read 1,510
Write 235
Mixed 1,023
202% 923 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 80.7
4K Mixed 46.3
155% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 265
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 128
142% 236 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 136%
Great: 141%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$5
22GB free, PID db8a
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
28.7% Poor
Read 122
Write 36.5
Mixed 49.5
73% 69.2 MB/s
4K Read 3.81
4K Write 0.72
4K Mixed 0.55
57% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 28.7%
Great: 37%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF51264AZ-2G1B1 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.9% Good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 20.4
67% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 25.3
SC Mixed 19.8
57% 20 GB/s
Latency 93.1
43% 93.1 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 65.9%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical OptiPlex 7040 Builds (Compare 5,166 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $180
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