Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.02% 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	63.8% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '24 at 00:29
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 67.1 2-Core 143 56% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 215 27% 206 Pts	64-Core 216 13% 216 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 350X 1,137 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0081) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1081 MHz, MLim: 1041 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	7.02% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 14.1 7% 11 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 9.4 Splatting 8.5 7% 8.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.02% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fanxiang S101Q 1TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 821GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN17003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 337 333 332 339 343 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 309 Write 328 Mixed 291 SusWrite 339 72% 317 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 22.3 71% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 167 131% 184 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TIMETEC-U8G-1600 2x8GB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 13: 0P 1R 0G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
13%	12%	75	103	53	0	84.6"	1280 720	SAM7017 SAMSUNG

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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	1,403x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	472x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	298x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,893x
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 $40Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	162x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	123x

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Value: 73% - Very good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369