Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.9% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201223
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '21 at 21:38
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 423 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.2% 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)	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 18.5 Reflection 18.9 Parallax 19.2 15% 18.9 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 17.3 14% 17.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Suneast SE800 256GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0626A0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 353 Mixed 13.7 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 11.5 56% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 88%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 346GB free Firmware: CS9006B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 318 186 67 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 236 Write 103 Mixed 309 SusWrite 166 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 32.8 151% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 188 169% 253 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 102%

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 above expectations (67^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.7% 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	1,052x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	433x
Core i3-6100Intel $76Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	137x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,155x
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	171x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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