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Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '21 at 02:50
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$165 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 210 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 577 64% 502 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 472.47 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.38% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 5.4 Parallax 4.7 3% 4.63 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.38% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 138 129 124 128 131 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 434 Write 218 Mixed 210 SusWrite 135 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 34.6 132% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 244 198% 281 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 7.8 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 32%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 5040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,099x
Core i7-6700Intel $165Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	466x
Core i3-6100Intel $45Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	138x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,203x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	119x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	61x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	33x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	31x
KingFast 256GBBench 72%, 7,147 samples	26x

RAM
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples	179x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 2,722 samples	81x
M378B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GBUnknownBench 55%, 202 samples	70x

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