Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 18:46
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 426 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 77%

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% 7.37 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 4 4% 5.63 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW010X6 1TB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 855GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036C SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 287 174 109 112 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 436 Write 365 Mixed 332 SusWrite 189 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 37.1 115% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 228 175% 241 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 99%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 13 13 13 12 13 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 21 Mixed 22.9 SusWrite 13.1 28% 22.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.7 112% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 58%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	7.29% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 12.7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 5.7 15% 12 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 2.1 112% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.29% Great: 17%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	8.72% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 12.2 Mixed 9 SusWrite 5.7 14% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.3 131% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.72% Great: 17%
Generic Mass Storage 1GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.5 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.23% Terrible	Read 13.4 Write 5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5.5 8% 7.02 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.23% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 4x8GB 714 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 77%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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