Benchmark for OptiPlex 3040

Here are the results for a Dell OptiPlex 3040 in a small form factor (SFF) configuration.

The machine was manufactured in 2017 which I recently bought in 2022 from a local seller on Ebay for around $80 CAD (without a hard drive). I slapped on a very slow SSHD hard drive here just to install Fedora on which will likely bring the final score down. The i3-6100 processor seems to be on par with the older benchmark I did on the Dell OptiPlex 3010 which had an i3-3220 CPU back in 2013 (wow, that was 9 years ago!).

Results Overview

Hardware	Dell OptiPlex 3040
CPU	Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz
Memory	8GB DDR3
Disk	Seagate 500GB SATA 2.5" SSHD
Operating System	Fedora 36 x86_64
Score	1331.8 / 2926.7

Raw Output

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   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)

   System: DESKTOP-433BMUO.home.steamr.com: GNU/Linux
   OS: GNU/Linux -- 5.17.5-300.fc36.x86_64 -- #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 28 15:51:30 UTC 2022
   Machine: x86_64 (x86_64)
   Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
   CPU 0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz (7399.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 1: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz (7399.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 2: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz (7399.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   CPU 3: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz (7399.7 bogomips)
          Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT, SYSCALL/SYSRET, Intel virtualization
   14:44:56 up 6 min,  1 user,  load average: 22.12, 8.05, 2.89; runlevel 2022-09-14

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Benchmark Run: Wed Sep 14 2022 14:44:56 - 15:13:02
4 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables       48375677.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                     8042.6 MWIPS (9.9 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                               4542.8 lps   (29.9 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks        700375.8 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          191331.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       2087676.9 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                              975405.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 195484.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              10755.5 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                   7432.3 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1779.1 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                         582628.8 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0   48375677.6   4145.3
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0       8042.6   1462.3
Execl Throughput                                 43.0       4542.8   1056.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0     700375.8   1768.6
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     191331.0   1156.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    2087676.9   3599.4
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0     975405.9    784.1
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     195484.1    488.7
Process Creation                                126.0      10755.5    853.6
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4       7432.3   1752.9
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1779.1   2965.2
System Call Overhead                          15000.0     582628.8    388.4
                                                                   ========
System Benchmarks Index Score                                        1331.8

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Benchmark Run: Wed Sep 14 2022 15:13:02 - 15:41:06
4 CPUs in system; running 4 parallel copies of tests

Dhrystone 2 using register variables      131900883.1 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone                    27792.9 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput                              11835.6 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks       1279747.0 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks          340530.3 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks       3763538.8 KBps  (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput                             2516991.9 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching                 490868.5 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation                              30043.5 lps   (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                  13340.6 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                   1931.1 lpm   (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead                        1456586.6 lps   (10.0 s, 7 samples)

System Benchmarks Index Values               BASELINE       RESULT    INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables         116700.0  131900883.1  11302.6
Double-Precision Whetstone                       55.0      27792.9   5053.2
Execl Throughput                                 43.0      11835.6   2752.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks          3960.0    1279747.0   3231.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks            1655.0     340530.3   2057.6
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks          5800.0    3763538.8   6488.9
Pipe Throughput                               12440.0    2516991.9   2023.3
Pipe-based Context Switching                   4000.0     490868.5   1227.2
Process Creation                                126.0      30043.5   2384.4
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent)                     42.4      13340.6   3146.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent)                      6.0       1931.1   3218.4
System Call Overhead                          15000.0    1456586.6    971.1
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System Benchmarks Index Score                                        2926.7

CPU information

Architecture:            x86_64
  CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
  Address sizes:         39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
  Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                  4
  On-line CPU(s) list:   0-3
Vendor ID:               GenuineIntel
  BIOS Vendor ID:        Intel(R) Corporation
  Model name:            Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz
    BIOS Model name:     Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-6100 CPU @ 3.70GHz  CPU @ 3.7GHz
    BIOS CPU family:     206
    CPU family:          6
    Model:               94
    Thread(s) per core:  2
    Core(s) per socket:  2
    Socket(s):           1
    Stepping:            3
    CPU(s) scaling MHz:  22%
    CPU max MHz:         3700.0000
    CPU min MHz:         800.0000
    BogoMIPS:            7399.70
    Flags:               fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pci
                         d sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt intel_pt xsaveopt xsavec xgetb
                         v1 xsaves dtherm arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp md_clear flush_l1d arch_capabilities
Virtualization features:
  Virtualization:        VT-x
Caches (sum of all):
  L1d:                   64 KiB (2 instances)
  L1i:                   64 KiB (2 instances)
  L2:                    512 KiB (2 instances)
  L3:                    3 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA:
  NUMA node(s):          1
  NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0-3
Vulnerabilities:
  Itlb multihit:         KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled
  L1tf:                  Mitigation; PTE Inversion; VMX conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Mds:                   Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Meltdown:              Mitigation; PTI
  Spec store bypass:     Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Spectre v1:            Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Spectre v2:            Mitigation; Retpolines, IBPB conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP conditional, RSB filling
  Srbds:                 Mitigation; Microcode
  Tsx async abort:       Not affected