Dell OptiPlex 5040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.48% 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 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.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemDell OptiPlex 5040
MotherboardDell OptiPlex 5040  (all builds)
Memory5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160627
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 22 '17 at 07:47
Run Duration80 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
Socket 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 86.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 218
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 628
69% 543 Pts
64-Core 632
39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 340X
Dell(1028 0083) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2701.0
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
5.48% Terrible
Lighting 6.67
Reflection 8.69
Parallax 11.2
5% 8.84 fps
MRender 4.86
Gravity 8.97
Splatting 6.52
6% 6.78 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.48%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25
346GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Read 150
Write 142
Mixed 126
104% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.12
60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 103%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
57.3% Above average
MC Read 22
MC Write 20.7
MC Mixed 17.1
57% 19.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 20.2
SC Mixed 17.4
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 57.3%
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 1,794 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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