Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.21% 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	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160115
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 13:46
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 214 72% 130 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 609 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% 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 06BA) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4279 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.21% Terrible	Lighting 6.33 Reflection 9.92 Parallax 5.72 5% 7.33 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 5.87 Splatting 13.8 8% 9.56 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata DP900 128GB-DL3 11 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24917214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 78761110276091 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 23 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 48 68722622507 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24917214 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24917214 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24917214 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3097 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3318 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3318 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2094	38.8% Below average	Read 256 Write 101 Mixed 145 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 5.44 72% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 7.65 20% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 65%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150 24,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 441GB free Firmware: AV001D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2033 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4456 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979544096 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 795697 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 829765 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 30 (F1) Unknown 100 100 220326411 (F2) Unknown 100 100 150527617 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	68% Good	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.9% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 5040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,052x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	433x
Core i3-6100Intel $76Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	137x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,155x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	113x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	58x

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	171x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16