Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results

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


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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.

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Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180524
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 18:17
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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 i5-6500T 9,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 182 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 267 8-Core 261 35% 264 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
JMicron 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 912GB free Firmware: 9122 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.9% Above average	Read 327 Write 383 Mixed 361 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 14.3 52% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 54.6 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 24.7 27% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 55%
Asmedia ASMT1153e 1TB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 377GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 92.9 Mixed 93.2 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 101%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC8110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 977 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 102126 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1984 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 238485 (F2) Unknown 100 100 225087
Poor: 22% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KN2M64-ETB Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 16GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 58%

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,390x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	469x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,880x
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 $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	161x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	122x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16