Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.1% 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	69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '23 at 11:26
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$60 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 195 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 277 39% 289 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.Q1.1 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 25.1 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 36 20% 29.6 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 25.3 22% 27.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 105 155 132 131 140 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 458 Write 348 Mixed 372 SusWrite 158 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 23.1 99% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 1.3 74% 175 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 116 118 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	50	17	60	21.5"	1280 720	DELA072 DELL E2211H

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,396x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	471x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	297x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,886x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	122x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	161x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	122x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $88

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $39	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