Dell OptiPlex 3040

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

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System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '19 at 00:47
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	4%

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 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 (99^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 103 2-Core 210 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 416 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 3623) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.04% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 3.04 Parallax 1.94 2% 2.49 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 2.26 2% 2.56 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.04% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 369 388 426 368 429 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 445 Write 415 Mixed 386 SusWrite 391 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 21.4 105% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 28.9 79% 164 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 100%
Lenovo USB Hard Drive 1TB 1,783 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 879GB free, PID 4533 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 9.9 24 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	7.12% Terrible	Read 5.8 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 27.3 16% 11 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 7.12% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 12GB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.3% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,381x
Core i3-6100Intel $40Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	469x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	296x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,870x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	122x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	160x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	131x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	120x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $95

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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