Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.86% 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	86.2% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 12 '16 at 20:33
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 655 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 350X 1,137 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0081) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	7.86% Terrible	Lighting 9.73 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 13.8 8% 11.8 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 9.2 Splatting 10.1 8% 9.32 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.86% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$110 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 113 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3646 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18183 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13903 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29168	86.2% Excellent	Read 498 Write 452 Mixed 475 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 23.7 122% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 81.8 DQ Mixed 23.7 28% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 747GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 50391464 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 157435 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 622460965 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 376 (C2) HDA temperature 37 43 81604378661 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -86427626897220 (F1) Unknown 100 253 608606619 (F2) Unknown 100 253 180555453	101% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 165 Mixed 169 131% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 92.3 Write 97 Mixed 70.5 110% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TS1GLH64V1H 2x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 77%

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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 $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,359x
Core i5-6500Intel $53Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,759x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	365x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,338x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	239x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	211x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	124x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	98x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	92x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	348x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	332x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	155x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $120
Intel Core i5-12400F $117	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $390	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $200	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $393