Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (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. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '23 at 00:59
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 179 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 500 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.5% 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 (96^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 96.7 Parallax 86.2 76% 92.2 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 86 Splatting 77.7 66% 81.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 213 205 206 208 207 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 450 Write 300 Mixed 195 SusWrite 211 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 36.8 115% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 196 178% 274 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 110%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 7GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 87 81 112 55 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 308 Write 99 Mixed 157 SusWrite 95.5 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 22.2 86% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 94.5 84% 128 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 01980000802C 9905622-058.A00G 04CB0000830B AO2P26KC8T1-BPYS 04CB0000830B AO2P26KC8T1-BPYS 32GB 2667, 2133, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.3% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 19.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns

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

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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	2,280x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,692x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	356x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,237x
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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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