Dell OptiPlex 7040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.5% 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.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220714
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '22 at 23:31
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	PAN-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 88.4 2-Core 174 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 476 49% 395 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 16.1 16% 17.3 fps	MRender 6.2 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 12.9 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 1100 SATA 256GB 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0DL003 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 387 Write 338 Mixed 318 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 28 97% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 266 196% 256 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 94%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 6GB free Firmware: 03070009 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 406 Write 291 Mixed 280 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 30.1 100% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 116 95% 135 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 210GB free Firmware: 0342 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 33.5 Write 44.5 Mixed 28.1 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 68%
ST1000LX 015-1U7172 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 726GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 60.6 Write 106 Mixed 38.8 91% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 58%
HitachiG ST 1TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 619GB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 56 55 54 51 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 11.2 Write 17.2 Mixed 12 SusWrite 53.7 35% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 4% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 2x8GB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 78%

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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 $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) $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