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Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell OptiPlex 7040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 7040 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210224
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '22 at 23:02
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$160 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 233 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 613 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% 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. 27.20.100.9664 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 7.8 Parallax 8.3 6% 7.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D256-41 SATA 256GB SED 341 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: T88410C SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 170 168 164 161 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 427 Write 389 Mixed 351 SusWrite 169 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 40 149% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 160 163% 265 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 2x4GB 1,458 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 17.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 76%

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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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