Dell Inspiron N5040

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell Inspiron N5040 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 024DTD
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '21 at 07:52
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 M 380-$130 21,755 User benchmarks, average bench 40% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 61.3 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 109 47% 78.2 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 159 21% 157 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Dell(1028 0505) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.38% Terrible	Lighting 0.4 Reflection 1.3 Parallax 0.5 0% 0.73 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0.5 0% 0.63 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.38% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 135 136 121 116 117 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48% Average	Read 212 Write 204 Mixed 157 SusWrite 133 40% 176 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 20.1 75% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 136 116% 170 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AD80 HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 10.5 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 25%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron N5040

CPU
Core i3 M 380Intel $130Bench 40%, 21,755 samples	59x
Pentium P6200IntelBench 36%, 8,041 samples	48x
Core i3 M 390IntelBench 42%, 1,039 samples	10x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	136x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 1x4GBCE80Bench 18%, 152 samples	13x
NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG AD80 HMT112S6TFR8C-H9 3GBUnknownBench 19%, 79 samples	5x
M471B5773DH0-CH9 1x2GBCE80Bench 18%, 97 samples	5x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $158

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