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Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Dell OptiPlex 5040
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 5040 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211208
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '24 at 00:40
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th 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-$90 241,476 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 below expectations (11^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 58.9 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 149 53% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 259 36% 266 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 73%

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.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 5.1 Parallax 5.6 3% 4.77 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 4.7 Splatting 7.9 5% 6.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 512GB 512GB 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0128A SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 257 282 236 228 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 346 Write 251 Mixed 181 SusWrite 246 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 9.4 50% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 79.3 91% 154 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 211%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KP4T2F-PSB 4x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 10 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 15: 0P 1R 1G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
15%	11%	83	42	6	60	23.5"	1920 1009	VIZ1028 D24h-G9

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 5040

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $90Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	1,118x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	472x
Core i3-6100Intel $37Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	139x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1,225x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	120x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	62x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	33x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	31x
KingFast 256GBBench 72%, 7,147 samples	27x

RAM
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples	182x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 2,722 samples	81x
M378B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GBUnknownBench 55%, 202 samples	71x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $90

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