Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.25% 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	98.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151204
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '22 at 20:34
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 68 1-Core 108 2-Core 198 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 576 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 80%

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. 26.20.100.8142 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.25% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 6.8 Parallax 6.6 5% 6.43 fps	MRender 6.7 Gravity 6 Splatting 9 6% 7.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.25% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 371 375 393 398 398 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 387 Mixed 356 SusWrite 382 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 41.4 135% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 346 261% 348 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 130%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-082.A00LF 4x8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 56%

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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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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 5040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,067x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	450x
Core i3-6100Intel $51Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	137x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,170x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	115x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	33x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	31x
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	66x

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