Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.77% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '21 at 23:45
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500T 9,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 168 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 295 41% 302 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 71%

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. 21.20.16.5174 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.77% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 7.1 Parallax 7.1 5% 6.83 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6.1 Splatting 10.7 7% 8.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.77% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: GS2OA3C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 97 69 86 96 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 83.5 Write 112 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 86.9 56% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF51264HZ-2G1A2 2x4GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%

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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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Typical OptiPlex 7040 Builds (Compare 5,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,287x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,698x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,246x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	196x

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	317x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	153x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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