Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '24 at 16:14
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 (93^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 193 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 394 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3746) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.3% Poor	Lighting 34.5 Reflection 39.3 Parallax 35.3 28% 36.4 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 35.6 Splatting 25.6 26% 32.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV8-8E128-11 SATA 128GB 5,529 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: C27110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 119 131 144 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 484 Write 142 Mixed 177 SusWrite 135 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 30.8 114% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 132 105% 147 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 96%
WD Elements 2667 5TB 492 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free, PID 2667 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 75 73 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 68 Write 77.5 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 73.9 92% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT451U6DFR8A-PB 80AD000080AD HMT451U6DFR8A-PB 80AD000080AD HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 80AD000080AD HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 3: 0P 0R 0G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
3%	25%	12	214	57	60	72.3"	1280 720	GSM0001 LG TV

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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	1,057x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	438x
Core i3-6100Intel $66Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	137x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,159x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	114x
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	174x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 2,722 samples	81x
M378B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GBUnknownBench 55%, 202 samples	64x

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Total price: $67

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16