Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160126
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '21 at 01:41
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 78.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 220 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 612 59% 485 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06B9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.19% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 4.7 Parallax 7.5 5% 6.2 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 12.1 8% 9.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.19% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Z400s 2.5 7MM 256GB 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2329012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 268 295 300 292 306 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 291 Write 298 Mixed 221 SusWrite 292 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 14 92% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 85.7 101% 172 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 80%
ST4000DX 001-1CE168 4TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 172 171 171 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 174 Write 116 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 171 178% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.4 237% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 2,345 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 84 48% 84 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 3: 0R 1G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
3%	6%	16	3	2	0	31.5"	2560 1440	DELD107 DELL S3221QS

History: Score 5: 0R 1G 2B | Score 3: 0R 1G 0B

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,330x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,735x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	363x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,304x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	204x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	123x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	98x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	91x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	345x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	326x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	155x

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