Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 06:07
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 221 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 562 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 147A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 178 Parallax 168 150% 177 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 142 Splatting 122 121% 152 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 256GB 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001070 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,409 Write 986 Mixed 912 244% 1,102 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 47.7 156% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 633 DQ Mixed 705 527% 702 MB/s
Poor: 92% Great: 193%
Techleaf-ssd 1TB 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 557GB free Firmware: 2203XKR SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 254 277 281 279 213 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.2% Good	Read 280 Write 271 Mixed 252 SusWrite 248 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 22.1 112% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 1 56% 129 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 640GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 594GB free Firmware: 2AK10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 115 118 114 113 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 84 Write 77.1 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 112 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HX424C16FB/16 0198000080CE HX424C15FB/16 32GB 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns

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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	2,292x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,707x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,256x
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	319x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16