Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	190% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '24 at 19:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (79^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 197 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 548 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-$539 45,585 User benchmarks, average bench 190% Gigabyte(1458 40EE) CLim: 3120 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	190% Outstanding	Lighting 269 Reflection 249 Parallax 265 219% 261 fps	MRender 338 Gravity 234 Splatting 182 198% 252 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 205%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 305 Write 272 Mixed 114 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 38.3 123% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 219 195% 295 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 103GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 76 79 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 68.1 Write 38.1 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 77.6 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 913GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 115 118 119 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 124 Write 69 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 118 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 714 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 77%

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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	23	2	120	48.8"	1280 720	SAM0F9C C49RG9x

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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