Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.64% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 12:31
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$180 282,363 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 (94^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 610 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.8% 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. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 9.81 Parallax 7.06 6% 7.99 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 13.6 8% 9.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 438GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9601 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 828 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 78 62 163209674774 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 97 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 31 (F2) Unknown 100 100 746 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 50624	88.3% Excellent	Read 500 Write 469 Mixed 448 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 13 98% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 13.6 79% 180 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20.01H20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 141 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 313 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199984 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 88 88 9194 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11572369221 (F2) Unknown 200 200 13525708328	61.2% Good	Read 116 Write 97.5 Mixed 99.9 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 69%

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 below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.6% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 18.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 74%

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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 $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,692x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	355x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,236x
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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Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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