Dell Optiplex 5040 SFF 2015, Core i5-6500, 8GB, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Black

★★★★☆ 3.9 (14)
CPU Intel Core i5 6th Gen
RAM 8 GB
Storage 1280 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
Dell Optiplex 5040 SFF 2015, Core i5-6500, 8GB, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Black desktop
42 Overall Score

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong port selection (82nd percentile) 82nd
  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average ram (9th percentile)
  • Below average cpu (15th percentile)
  • Below average user sentiment (20th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (21st percentile)

What owners think

How owner sentiment changed over time

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Based on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.

Owner sentiment has held steady over time
65/100Our AI sentiment readlow confidence · 7 sources · May 2026
1★2★3★4★5★Q3 '25: 3.3★ · 3 reviewsQ4 '25: 5.0★ · 2 reviewsQ1 '26: 3.0★ · 2 reviews322Q3 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
Avg ratingHappy (4-5★)Unhappy (1-2★)Bar height = number of reviews

Based on 7 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 14.6
GPU 20.9
RAM 9.2
Ports 82
Storage 47.8
User Sentiment 19.5
Reliability 70
Social Proof 24.3

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core i5 6th Gen
Cores 4
Frequency 3.2 GHz
L3 Cache 6 MB

Graphics

GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Type Integrated
VRAM 8 GB
VRAM Type GDDR6

Memory & Storage

RAM 8 GB
RAM Generation DDR3
Storage 1 256 GB
Storage 1 Type SSD
Storage 2 1 TB
Storage 2 Type HDD

Build

Form Factor sff
Weight 9.5 kg / 20.9 lbs

Connectivity

USB Ports 10
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort 1
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth ✓
Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

System

OS Windows 10 Pro

vs Competition

Spec Dell Optiplex 5040 SFF Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 HP OMEN TPC-W062-MT ASUS ROG GM700 CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM
CPU Intel Core i5 6th Gen Apple M3 Ultra AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Intel Core Ultra 9 285K AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Intel Core i9 14900KF
RAM (GB) 8 96 32 64 32 64
Storage (GB) 1280 1024 4096 2048 2048 8192
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Apple M3 Ultra 60-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Form Factor sff sff mid-tower tower mid-tower mid-tower
Psu W - - 850 - 850 850
OS Windows 10 Pro macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsStorageUser SentimentReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell Optiplex 5040 SFF 14.620.99.28247.819.57024.3
Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare 99.776.195.793.853.594.999.386.2
Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare 73.593.27888.598.194.970100
HP OMEN TPC-W062-MT Compare 98.197.893.999.390.107066.9
ASUS ROG GM700 Compare 80.693.281.796.290.198.537.399.6
CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare 94.989.396.584.499.298.511.694.7

Usage Scores

Overall (42.1)AI/LLM (11)Gaming (7.6)Portability (43.5)Creator (13.3)Business (48)Developer (30.7)Home Office (46.2)Workstation (26.8)
  • Overall42.1
  • AI/LLM11
  • Gaming7.6
  • Portability43.5
  • Creator13.3
  • Business48
  • Developer30.7
  • Home Office46.2
  • Workstation26.8

A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.

Other Configurations33

OptiPlex 5040Intel Core i5-65008GB1TBOptiPlex 5040-SFFIntel Core i716GB512GBOptiPlex 5040 SFFIntel Core i5 6500T8GB256GBOptiPlex 5040 SFFIntel Core i7 670016GB480GBOptiPlex 5040Intel Core i5-65008GB500GBOptiPlex 5040 SFFIntel Core i5 66008GB256GBOptiPlex 5040 SFFIntel Core i5-65008GB240GBOptiPlex 5040Intel Core i7 6700480GB480GBOptiPlex 5040 SFFIntel Core i5 650016GB256GB
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