Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '23 at 02:05
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 181 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 483 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 2400 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 96.9 Parallax 86.5 81% 94.3 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 77.1 66% 81 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 215 209 210 209 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 354 Write 270 Mixed 240 SusWrite 215 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 32.4 114% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 168 168% 273 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 110%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 10GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 128 130 31 87 48 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.5% Average	Read 155 Write 83.2 Mixed 152 SusWrite 89.6 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 19.6 80% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 99 87% 130 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905622-058.A00G 04CB0000830B AO2P26KC8T1-BPYS 04CB0000830B AO2P26KC8T1-BPYS 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2133, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 66%

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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	2,289x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,703x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,251x
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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16