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Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '22 at 16:05
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$160 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 230 73% 134 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 605 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 340X 2,285 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0083) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.89% Terrible	Lighting 5.1 Reflection 4.3 Parallax 7 4% 5.47 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 3.3 3% 4.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ssd 512GB 4,609 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 164 96 98 96 99 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 331 Write 180 Mixed 195 SusWrite 150 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 31.9 128% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 212 180% 261 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,140 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 18 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 161%

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Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7040

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $160Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2,404x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,785x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	371x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	3,393x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	244x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	213x

SSD
KingFast 512GBBench 79%, 3,625 samples	124x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	101x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	94x

RAM
HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBUnknownBench 69%, 1,440 samples	351x
HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,345 samples	336x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples	159x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $160

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