Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.95% 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	202% 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	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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160912
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '24 at 07:52
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	NGA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 193 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 357 46% 349 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% HP(103C 6893) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 552.44 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	9.95% Terrible	Lighting 12.2 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 10.3 10% 12.4 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 13.2 10% 12 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.95% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLW1T0HMLH-000H1 1TB 1,211 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 821GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1208 1136 1130 1142 1143 1137 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1032 Write 1,289 Mixed 753 SusWrite 1,149 239% 1,056 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 58.5 179% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 804 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 733 559% 755 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 287%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 21GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 103 104 103 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 103 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMUA5090KB78HAF2133 2x8GB 520 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 19.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 78%

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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	68	56	60	42.5"	1280 720	XXX0000 AAA

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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 $39	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