Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.77% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 13:20
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 422 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.77% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 10 Parallax 7.16 6% 8.1 fps	MRender 9.57 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 14.2 9% 10 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata DP900 256GB-DL3 183 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 165 159 174 201 203 MB/s Performing below potential (90^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	77.4% Very good	Read 279 Write 246 Mixed 239 SusWrite 181 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.6 150% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 158 131% 186 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 81%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 36 18 18 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 130 Write 54.1 Mixed 75 SusWrite 27.8 84% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.9 197% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 80CE000080CE M378A5143EB1-CPB 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2400, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 67%

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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	2,289x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,704x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,251x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	197x

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	91x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	343x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	317x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16