Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.23% 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	61.8% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 months ago, 20 days ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '24 at 17:25
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 197 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 544 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06BB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1692 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.23% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 7.7 Parallax 7.8 6% 7.4 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 12.4 8% 9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.23% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ZEB-SD26 256GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP3130A2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 290 167 148 224 142 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 440 Write 334 Mixed 327 SusWrite 208 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 9.9 78% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 16.1 67% 145 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 276GB free Firmware: 1001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 135 134 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 125 Write 126 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 135 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.M16 Kingston 99U5471-050.A00LF 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 59%

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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%	1	67	7	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0D22 S27F350

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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 $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,389x
Core i3-6100Intel $66Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	469x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,879x
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 $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	161x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	122x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $95

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16