Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.23% 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 Drive114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell OptiPlex 5040
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 5040  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151204
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 12 '16 at 04:02
Run Duration87 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 80.4
1-Core 125
2-Core 246
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 656
70% 557 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Dell(1028 06BA) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4279
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.23% Terrible
Lighting 7.37
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 6.59
6% 8.47 fps
MRender 11
Gravity 6.73
Splatting 15.8
10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.23%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 1,329
Write 295
Mixed 470
151% 698 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 15.6
135% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 31.2
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 14
33% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 114%
Great: 147%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
60.6% Good
MC Read 22.4
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 18.7
60% 21.2 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 20.3
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 79.7
50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical OptiPlex 5040 Builds (Compare 1,796 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 5040

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $67
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