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Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.17% 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	40.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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System	Dell OptiPlex 3040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 3040 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '21 at 02:14
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$90 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 430 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06BB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 4.7 Parallax 6.4 5% 5.63 fps	MRender 6.5 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 9.1 6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GBK Extreme Network 128GB SSD 17 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFGJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 394 33 32 32 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 398 Write 399 Mixed 23 SusWrite 110 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 5.4 58% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 49.6 DQ Write 14.6 DQ Mixed 17.9 17% 27.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$23 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 372GB free Firmware: MS1OA7S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 137 153 156 169 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 161 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 156 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GB 8,612 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 16.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 59%

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

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Typical OptiPlex 3040 Builds (Compare 2,768 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 3040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $90Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,466x
Core i3-6100Intel $45Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	489x
Core i5-6500TIntelBench 61%, 9,313 samples	307x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,968x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	132x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	62x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	96x
MX500 500GBCrucial $50Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	41x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	34x

RAM
HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 29%, 9,029 samples	165x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 30%, 1,889 samples	134x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 1x8GBMicronBench 30%, 1,490 samples	131x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $115

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