Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	203% 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '17 at 06:22
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 467 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA A454) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 30 Parallax 32.2 31% 33.3 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 35.4 30% 37 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDMCEAW240A4 240GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 164GB free Firmware: DC33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 77610059039467 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 822 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 34 74 47249489954 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 94204 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94204 (F2) Unknown 100 100 99404 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7520	68.7% Good	Read 487 Write 260 Mixed 305 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 13.3 108% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 54 43% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 84%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 92GB free Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3591634 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1391569408020 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1936 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 119 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 49 47247851543 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3591634 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3591634 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3591634 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4004 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2759 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2759 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4448	68.8% Good	Read 407 Write 265 Mixed 290 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 13.2 106% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 67.1 72% 112 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 93%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 390 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 196 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 4 (AE) Unknown 99 99 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1016 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 37 38 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 1024 (F1) Unknown 99 99 613 (F2) Unknown 99 99 849	203% Outstanding	Read 1,982 Write 1,164 Mixed 1,362 332% 1,503 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 25.7 153% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 193 145% 184 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 220%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G213381 2x8GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.6 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 83%

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Workstation 10%

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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