Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.8% 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	43.7% 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.

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Run History

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '21 at 12:51
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 413 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F4) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.5 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 18.7 15% 18.6 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 19.1 Splatting 17.1 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS9006B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 293 172 62 65 61 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.7% Average	Read 221 Write 104 Mixed 271 SusWrite 150 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 14.4 76% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 14.6 DQ Mixed 24.8 32% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 102%
Suneast SE800 256GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 165GB free Firmware: S0626A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 405 388 377 376 381 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 441 Write 360 Mixed 353 SusWrite 379 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 24.9 124% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 38.8 89% 179 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

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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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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 $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