Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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.
Boot Drive	301% 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.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '23 at 09:10
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	75.2% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 192 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 547 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% MSI(1462 5024) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 134 Parallax 227 96% 160 fps	MRender 218 Gravity 121 Splatting 184 143% 174 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme XPG GAMMIX S70 B 1TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 353% 826GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.F.83 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1634 2073 2013 2148 2134 2144 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 2,134 Mixed 1,847 SusWrite 2,024 457% 2,024 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 66.1 212% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 544 422% 584 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 530%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 4x8GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

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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	60	21.7"	1280 720	GSM5AB8 LG IPS FULLHD

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,287x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,698x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,245x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	196x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	122x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	97x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	89x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	341x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	317x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16