Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '23 at 20:04
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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-$60 241,476 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 below expectations (11^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 58.7 1-Core 75.3 2-Core 161 55% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 277 35% 267 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% 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. 30.0.101.1692 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 4 Parallax 8.2 4% 5.83 fps	MRender 0.2 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 8.3 3% 2.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BTO SSD 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1220B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 144 8 179 27 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 353 Write 293 Mixed 313 SusWrite 84.5 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 14 61% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 63 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 44.9 71% 128 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 207%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GB 8,612 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.6 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 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
0%	0%	0	38	16	60	24"	1920 1017	ACI2498 VS248

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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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