Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 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 13:07
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (100^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 414 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Lighting 6.47 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 6.53 5% 7.46 fps	MRender 0.1 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 0.09 2% 1.99 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata DP900 256GB-DL3 183 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 168 162 162 169 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 336 Write 241 Mixed 252 SusWrite 165 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 38.9 137% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 186 145% 197 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 81%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 36 18 19 19 18 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 120 Write 50.7 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 27.3 77% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 3.3 194% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.2% 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 (90^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.6 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%

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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	1,692x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,239x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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