Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF, Core i5-6500, 8GB, 512GB SSD, Black
CPU intel Core i5
RAM 8 GB
Storage 512 GB
GPU AMD Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
42 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port selection (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average ram (2nd percentile)
- Below average cpu (15th percentile)
- Below average gpu (21st percentile)
- Below average storage (29th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | intel Core i5 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM | 48 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR3 |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 10 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 2x Display Port |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11g Wireless LAN |
| Ethernet | ✓ |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF | Apple Mac Studio M5 Max | Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 | HP OMEN TPC-W062-MT | ASUS ROG GM700 | CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | intel Core i5 | Apple M5 Max | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Intel Core i9 14900KF |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 64 | 32 | 64 | 32 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 512 | 4096 | 4096 | 2048 | 2048 | 8192 |
| GPU | AMD Intel HD Graphics 530 | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | sff | mini | mid-tower | tower | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | - | 480 | 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 | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF | 14.6 | 20.9 | 1.9 | 89.2 | 29.4 | 70 | 62.5 |
| Apple Mac Studio M5 Max Compare | 95.8 | 83.7 | 98.4 | 89.2 | 98.1 | 99.3 | 81.4 |
| Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare | 73.5 | 93.2 | 78.1 | 88.5 | 98.1 | 70 | 100 |
| HP OMEN TPC-W062-MT Compare | 98.1 | 97.8 | 93.9 | 99.3 | 90.1 | 70 | 66.9 |
| ASUS ROG GM700 Compare | 80.6 | 93.2 | 81.8 | 96.2 | 90.1 | 37.3 | 99.6 |
| CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare | 94.9 | 89.3 | 96.5 | 84.3 | 99.2 | 11.6 | 94.8 |
Usage Scores
- Overall41.9
- AI/LLM9.2
- Gaming7.2
- Portability49
- Creator11.5
- Business43.8
- Developer28.1
- Home Office39.9
- Workstation23
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