Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '20 at 23:20
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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 (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 217 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 405 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 80 Parallax 109 65% 89.8 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 62.3 58% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 296 295 294 293 287 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 302 Mixed 275 SusWrite 294 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31.6 142% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 228 196% 290 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 257GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 172 173 176 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 135 Write 150 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 173 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6P1 2x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

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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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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 $40	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