Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.8% 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	135% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '24 at 16:16
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 72.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 550 55% 449 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Device(1816 BD14) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.1.1 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 21.8 12% 21.1 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 24.2 18% 21.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SSD 512GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0620A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 298 100 85 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,672 Write 1,060 Mixed 975 SusWrite 176 215% 971 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 22.7 141% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 346 268% 365 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 264%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 117 114 114 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 109 Write 117 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 116 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 68%
WD 15EARS External 1.5TB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 0GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 35.5 Write 35.4 Mixed 33.3 45% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 4x8GB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 83%

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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	48	15	100	23.8"	1920 1017	ACR0B0D SB242Y

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,288x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,701x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,247x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	197x

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	342x
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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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