Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	85.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	25.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 18:32
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 224 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 428 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 100 100 78 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 32 292058824741 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2053 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 0 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2645002293 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1972850862 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 484 Write 463 Mixed 473 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 19.3 119% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 19.3 28% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 94%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 180 5916 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2058 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5623 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 28 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	51% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 88.5 Mixed 79.9 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 55%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD050 500GB 184 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 417GB free, PID 0408 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 36.3 Mixed 35.5 46% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A5143EB1-CPB 2x4GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%

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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	2,290x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,706x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,253x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	197x

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	91x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	343x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16