Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.05% 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	81.6% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 20:12
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 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 (99^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 403 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
ATI Radeon HD 2400-PRO 2,899 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0402) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	0.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 1.54 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.75 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.76 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.53% Great: 1%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4771 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Lighting 6.27 Reflection 9 Parallax 6.09 5% 7.12 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 12.7 8% 9.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 M.2 2280 256GB SED 132 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT23D6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 52 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 63 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 718 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8618176340 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3407246529	81.6% Excellent	Read 498 Write 277 Mixed 348 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 20.9 131% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 19.6 54% 108 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 101%
USB DISK 3.0 8GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 7GB free, PID 1400 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 27 Mixed 25 36% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.87 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 34% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 2,345 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 23 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 78%

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,284x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,697x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,243x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	230x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	195x

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	341x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	315x
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 $273	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