Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '24 at 19:37
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 74 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 203 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 599 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.7% 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 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 7.6 5% 7.47 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 1 1% 1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microfrom 512GB SATA3 SSD 512GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0218A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 407 387 384 385 379 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 478 Write 362 Mixed 381 SusWrite 388 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 24 118% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 40.9 93% 190 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 93%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 130 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 54 SusWrite 128 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 01980000830B 9905702-203.A00G 802C0000802C 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 01980000830B 9905702-119.A00G 32GB 2133, 2400, 2133, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 93.5 43% 93.5 ns

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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	42	9	60	24.1"	1920 1017	SAM0F90 LC24RG50

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,319x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,723x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	361x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,287x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	233x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	204x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	123x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	98x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	91x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	343x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	324x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	154x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $170

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16