Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.59% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170523
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 08:17
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 100 2-Core 205 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 378 54% 398 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.6% 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. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.59% Terrible	Lighting 5.77 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 5.75 5% 6.67 fps	MRender 7.76 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 12.4 7% 8.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 813GB free (System drive) Firmware: DEMG Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46340544 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 121988414 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 706609186 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 237967 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 94489280546 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 95365453843635 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10837540899 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1198203795904 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.2% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 104 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.64 193% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 65%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 802GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 52.3 Write 52.9 Mixed 11.9 46% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.11 42% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 80AD000080AD HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 0198 9905584-002.A00LF 80AD000080AD HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 56%

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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	1,052x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	432x
Core i3-6100Intel $76Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	137x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,154x
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 $273	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 $186	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) $35	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