Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.84% 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	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160115
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '21 at 19:53
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06BA) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.84% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 5.6 Parallax 7.2 5% 6.4 fps	MRender 7.7 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 10.9 7% 8.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.84% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 91 116 125 122 119 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 221 Write 141 Mixed 146 SusWrite 119 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 19.8 70% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 65 57% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 51%
USB DISK 3.0 16GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 15GB free, PID 1631 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 8 9.6 8.8 8.9 9.6 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 103 Write 32.5 Mixed 12 SusWrite 9.5 39% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.5 47% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 27%
USB DISK 2GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	3.28% Terrible	Read 11.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 3.3 5% 4.95 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.28% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 80AD000080AD HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 802C0000802C 8KTF51264AZ-1G6E1 802C0000802C 8KTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 5: 1R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
5%	2%	47	28	5	60	20"	1600 900	HWP2904 HP S2031

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Gaming 9%

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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	1,058x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	443x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	137x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,162x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	114x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	59x

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	174x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16