Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.4% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '24 at 14:35
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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)	75.6% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 402 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 2121) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 9.2 Parallax 10.7 7% 9.33 fps	MRender 7.7 Gravity 8.1 Splatting 6.5 6% 7.43 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 6%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SPCC M.2 PCIe SS 256GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 1,652 Write 1,114 Mixed 982 276% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 39.8 203% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 58.6 157% 322 MB/s
Poor: 87% Great: 204%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 931GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 132 Write 99.1 Mixed 96.7 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.1 278% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 1x8GB 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 10.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 34%

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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	65	53	60	21.5"	1280 720	AOC2269 2269W

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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	1,055x
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	1,157x
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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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $67

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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