Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.7% 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	80.6% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '21 at 14:03
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th 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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 77 1-Core 105 2-Core 182 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 540 55% 446 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 80%

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.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 7.5 5% 6.9 fps	MRender 7.7 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 10.1 7% 8.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 295 317 311 286 319 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 420 Write 387 Mixed 344 SusWrite 308 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 29.9 113% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 149 133% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 134%

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 (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.5% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.4 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 15 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,691x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,238x
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 $279	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