Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	92.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 14:15
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 624 60% 495 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5493 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 59 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5295548127	92.3% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 381 Mixed 396 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 34.1 136% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 87.4 DQ Mixed 62.7 76% 139 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 134%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 824GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 151 151 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 27098 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 167504773152 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 98 98 955 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5031609242 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2261119890 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 118 Write 123 Mixed 117 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 75%

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 (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 78%

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,692x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	356x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,237x
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	152x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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