Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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	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.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '23 at 10:03
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$180 282,363 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)	75.5% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 213 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 556 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.79% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 8.7 Parallax 7.8 5% 7.67 fps	MRender 9.6 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.79% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 609 412 348 343 349 326 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 753 Mixed 789 SusWrite 398 132% 580 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 44.8 147% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 454 DQ Mixed 582 447% 618 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 207%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905625-030.A00G 2x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 71%

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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	55	29	0	21.7"	1280 720	GSM5AB8 LG IPS FULLHD

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,295x
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	3,258x
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	320x
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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16