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Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.18% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '21 at 04:02
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$130 282,363 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 (86^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 247 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 627 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 7.9 Parallax 8.2 6% 7.63 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 7 Splatting 10.9 7% 8.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 396 448 434 380 377 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 405 Mixed 390 SusWrite 412 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 55.5 182% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 277 223% 314 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
WD WD62PURZ-85AJFY0 6TB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 202 205 206 208 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 186 Mixed 91.1 SusWrite 206 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1 254% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43DB2-CTD 2x8GB 1,733 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	30	27.6"	1280 720	DELA0E9 DELL U2718Q

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,428x
Core i5-6500Intel $90Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,813x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	377x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,439x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	248x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	218x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	125x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	104x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	96x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	354x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	339x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	164x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $130

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