Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.22% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell OptiPlex 5040
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 5040  (all builds)
Memory4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160115
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateMar 22 '22 at 16:15
Run Duration215 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
74% Very good
Memory 79.2
1-Core 102
2-Core 206
73% 129 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 405
53% 400 Pts
64-Core 404
25% 404 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 74%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Dell(1028 06BA) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
5.22% Terrible
Lighting 5.6
Reflection 5.5
Parallax 7
5% 6.03 fps
MRender 7.6
Gravity 5.5
Splatting 9.9
6% 7.67 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.22%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
883GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 77 131 175 175 183 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
79.1% Very good
Read 130
Write 169
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 146
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 113%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 16GB
14GB free, PID dd1b
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 12 11 11 9.7 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
11.2% Very poor
Read 33.1
Write 28.4
Mixed 21.5
SusWrite 10.9
30% 23.5 MB/s
4K Read 5.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1.5
102% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 11.2%
Great: 10%
ADATA HV320 1TB
923GB free, PID a86a
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 141 139 140 138 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
68% Good
Read 138
Write 131
Mixed 54.7
SusWrite 139
153% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 0.6
216% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 68%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8KTF51264AZ-1G6P1 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
56.3% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 17.8
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 21.7
SC Mixed 16.7
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 82
49% 82 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 56.3%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical OptiPlex 5040 Builds (Compare 1,802 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 5040

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $67
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