Dell Inspiron M5040

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 27%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Inspiron M5040  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0RXDMJ
Memory1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110816
Uptime8.9 Days
Run DateAug 22 '19 at 17:14
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD E-450 APU
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.65 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
29.9% Poor
Memory 53.7
1-Core 20
2-Core 37.9
27% 37.2 Pts
4-Core 38.2
8-Core 38.2
5% 38.2 Pts
64-Core 38.5
2% 38.5 Pts
Poor: 13%
This bench: 29.9%
Great: 39%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6320
Dell(1028 04D4) 384MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
0.41% Terrible
Lighting 0.03
Reflection 1.73
Parallax 1.47
0% 1.08 fps
MRender 1.57
Gravity 0.77
Splatting 1.74
1% 1.36 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 0.41%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013)
439GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 104 105 106 109 101 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
63.2% Good
Read 114
Write 104
Mixed 57.1
SusWrite 106
70% 95.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG 2x2GB
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
12.9% Very poor
MC Read 4.2
MC Write 3.5
MC Mixed 5.3
12% 4.33 GB/s
SC Read 2.1
SC Write 2.6
SC Mixed 2.5
7% 2.4 GB/s
Latency 148
27% 148 ns
Poor: 12%
This bench: 12.9%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Inspiron M5040 Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 27%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron M5040

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28
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