Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.9% 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	71.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 10:45
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 210 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 327 44% 327 Pts	64-Core 309 19% 309 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06BB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.9% Terrible	Lighting 6.33 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 6.12 5% 7.28 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 5.5 Splatting 14.4 7% 8.14 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.9% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-CE256-11 SATA 256GB 636 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: TC8110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 235 194 169 209 229 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 383 Write 386 Mixed 332 SusWrite 228 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 36.8 128% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 70.5 DQ Mixed 37.4 32% 45.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB 2,310 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 45GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 22 23 23 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 21.7 Mixed 23 SusWrite 20.6 32% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.2 107% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GB 7,002 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 34%

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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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Typical OptiPlex 3040 Builds (Compare 2,617 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,380x
Core i3-6100Intel $76Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	468x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,867x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	122x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	160x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	120x

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Value: 73% - Very good

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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 $46

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