Dell OptiPlex 7040, Core i5-6500T, 8GB, 500GB HDD, Black
CPU Intel Core i5-6500T
RAM 8 GB
Storage 500 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics
Form Factor micro-tower
OS Windows 10 Pro
44 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong gpu (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average storage (21st percentile)
- Below average port selection (32nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500T |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.5 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM | 48 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 500 GB |
| Storage Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | micro-tower |
| Weight | 1.4 kg / 3.1 lbs |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 6 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 7040 | 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 i5-6500T | 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) | 500 | 4096 | 4096 | 2048 | 2048 | 8192 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | micro-tower | 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 7040 | 8.5 | 99.2 | 9.2 | 31.7 | 21.3 | 70 | 62.5 |
| Apple Mac Studio M5 Max Compare | 95.8 | 83.7 | 98.4 | 89.1 | 98.1 | 99.3 | 81.4 |
| Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare | 73.5 | 93.2 | 78 | 88.4 | 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 | 81.7 | 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
- Overall43.8
- AI/LLM19.8
- Gaming15.5
- Portability39.8
- Creator20.8
- Business41.9
- Developer29.1
- Home Office37
- Workstation36
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