Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.36% 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	96.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '16 at 08:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 423 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.6% 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. 10.18.15.4279 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 5.94 5% 7.66 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 14.1 8% 9.39 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.36% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-00000 256GB 1,578 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0100Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 146 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 259 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 1 (AE) Unknown 99 99 35 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 734 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 63 33 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16768826 (F1) Unknown 99 99 356 (F2) Unknown 99 99 216 (F9) Unknown 99 99 356	96.2% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 300 Mixed 274 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 36.1 152% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 105 122% 210 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 105%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 844GB free Firmware: AX1P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1465 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 157 (0A) Spinup retry count 108 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1256 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 158915035163 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 22 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 262 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	48.9% Average	Read 84.7 Write 85.7 Mixed 32.1 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 344 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2893421 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 448 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 555745313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 73014444065 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 34 344 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42601780608821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3141132506 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3765462941	60% Above average	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 24.5 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.83 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264AZ-1G6N1 859B0000802C CT102464BD160B.M16 12GB 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.9% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns

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Gaming 9%

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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	1,054x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	434x
Core i3-6100Intel $40Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	137x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,156x
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	173x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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