Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.36% 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	68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201223
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '21 at 16:35
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CHN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 413 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.6% 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 06BA) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.36% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 3.3 Parallax 6.8 5% 5.43 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 9.9 6% 6.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
DST7128-M2SATA-128GB 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2104XKR SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 109 85 85 86 85 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.5% Good	Read 333 Write 218 Mixed 228 SusWrite 107 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 27.9 135% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 126 114% 169 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 451GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 79 81 80 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 91.7 Write 78.2 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 79.4 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 1x8GB 9,029 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.3% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 9.8 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	26	6	60	23.5"	1366 768	PLT0014 POLYTRON-TV

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 5040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,059x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	445x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	137x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,163x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	114x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	59x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	33x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	30x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	26x

RAM
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples	174x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 2,722 samples	81x
M378B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GBUnknownBench 55%, 202 samples	64x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $67

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16