Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161207
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '21 at 15:18
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 552 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 5 Parallax 8.9 5% 6.73 fps	MRender 9.4 Gravity 4 Splatting 10.7 7% 8.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 477GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 22 33 66 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 54.5 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 42.6 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 85%
Imation Ridge 32GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 10GB free, PID 0619 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 13 17 18 17 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	9.07% Terrible	Read 24.7 Write 17.3 Mixed 18.9 SusWrite 15 25% 19 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 53% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 9.07% Great: 10%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 11GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 9.9 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 8.5 Mixed 24 SusWrite 13.6 24% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.7 150% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905678-041.A00G 0198000080AD 9905678-041.A00G 802C0000802C 8ATF51264AZ-2G1B1 0198000080AD 9905678-041.A00G 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.9% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 16: 1R 3G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
16%	22%	27	25	5	60	24.1"	1920 1080	HWP309E HP Z24i

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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