Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680x1050x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201019
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 13:58
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 230 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 579 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.62% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 7.7 Parallax 7.9 5% 7.27 fps	MRender 8.7 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 0.3 4% 5.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.62% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 294 297 299 297 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 466 Mixed 352 SusWrite 304 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 59.3 195% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 331 249% 333 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 122%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 110GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 89 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 85.7 Write 94.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 88.2 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 59%
6 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 74GB free Firmware: 010A SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	2.4% Terrible	Read 4.2 Write 2.2 Mixed 3 SusWrite 4.2 2% 3.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.4% Great: 27%
INTENSO SSD 128GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 118GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 238 212 237 221 214 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	163% Outstanding	Read 227 Write 211 Mixed 111 SusWrite 225 257% 193 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 21.5 1,658% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 34.3 DQ Mixed 26.4 2,150% 27.9 MB/s
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 163%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 4x4GB 268 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 85.5 47% 85.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 80%

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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	2,289x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,705x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	357x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,252x
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