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Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.84% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190228
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 19:24
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$90 241,476 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)	79.9% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 114 2-Core 210 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 428 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 340X 2,285 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0083) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	4.84% Terrible	Lighting 6.17 Reflection 4.85 Parallax 11.1 5% 7.38 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 8.53 Splatting 4 4% 5.64 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871 M.2 2280 256GB SED 132 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT23D6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 286 292 291 292 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 294 Mixed 239 SusWrite 289 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 40.4 166% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 234 200% 293 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 158 160 160 160 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 129 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 160 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 21.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $150Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,419x
Core i5-6500Intel $90Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,805x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	376x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,429x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	248x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	215x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	125x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	103x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	95x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	354x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	338x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	163x

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