Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

26 days ago, 25 days ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '24 at 08:02
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 below expectations (19^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 48.7 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 190 59% 111 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 378 52% 384 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 73%

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. 27.20.100.9664 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.91% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 3.7 Parallax 6.6 0% 3.5 fps	MRender 3.6 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 9.2 5% 6.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.91% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba MK3261GSYN 320GB-$72 6,986 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: MH000D SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 97 86 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 77.8 Write 62.6 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 95.3 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GB 9,029 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.27 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 34%

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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	69	56	60	27"	1280 720	DEL4243 DELL P2722HE

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Typical OptiPlex 3040 Builds (Compare 2,650 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,402x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	471x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	298x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,890x
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	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

Total price: $88

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