Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10% 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 Drive	236% 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	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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '23 at 11:57
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	74.8% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 23.1 2-Core 203 56% 103 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 552 56% 453 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Lighting 12.4 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 10.2 10% 12.4 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 13.2 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 810GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1706 1633 1473 1722 1785 688 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,469 Write 1,732 Mixed 1,526 SusWrite 1,501 352% 1,557 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 59.1 190% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 695 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 666 474% 610 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 365%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMUA5110MB78HAF2400 4x8GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 85%

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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	71	59	30	31.5"	1280 720	GSM7729 32GK650F

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

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	359x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,277x
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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	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