Dell Inspiron M5040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 19%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 21.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Inspiron M5040  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0RXDMJ
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111215
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 04 '18 at 04:14
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 58%

 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD E-450 APU
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.65 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
21.4% Poor
Memory 36.3
1-Core 17.7
2-Core 31.3
20% 28.4 Pts
4-Core 39.9
8-Core 36.6
5% 38.2 Pts
64-Core 36.6
2% 36.6 Pts
Poor: 13%
This bench: 21.4%
Great: 39%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6320
Dell(1028 04D4) 384MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.52% Terrible
Lighting 0.57
Reflection 1
Parallax 0.72
0% 0.76 fps
MRender 0.9
Gravity 0.17
Splatting 1.13
1% 0.73 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 0.52%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB
216GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2AR10002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 41 56 51 66 57 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
34.2% Below average
Read 65.6
Write 72.5
Mixed 41.7
SusWrite 53.8
43% 58.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 34.2%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
11% Very poor
MC Read 4
MC Write 2.7
MC Mixed 4.6
11% 3.77 GB/s
SC Read 1.9
SC Write 1.8
SC Mixed 3.3
7% 2.33 GB/s
Latency 220
18% 220 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 11%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Inspiron M5040 Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 27%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron M5040

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28
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