Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.12% 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	45.8% 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.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160115
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 10:19
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 227 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 631 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% 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 Ver. 22.20.16.4771 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.12% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 7.28 6% 8.17 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 15.1 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.12% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata DP900 128GB-DL3 11 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8609120011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 41266045785375 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 141 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 77312819237 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 104 8609120011 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 104 104 8609120011 (CC) Soft ECC correction 104 104 8609120011 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8351 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7122 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7122 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6934	45.8% Average	Read 363 Write 112 Mixed 132 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 9.51 78% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 77.4 DQ Mixed 7.97 18% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 65%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150 24,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 413GB free Firmware: AV002D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1998 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 7055 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 67198 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193274511392 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 474 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4380095377 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1202458041 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 110 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5173EB0-YK0 80CE000080CE M378B5173EB0-YK0 859B0000802C CT102464BD160B.M16 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.8% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 15.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns

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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	1,069x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	452x
Core i3-6100Intel $46Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	137x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,174x
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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