Dell OptiPlex 5040, Core i5-6500, 12GB, 128GB SSD, Black
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 12 GB
Storage 128 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
30 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average storage (6th percentile)
- Below average port selection (13th percentile)
- Below average cpu (15th percentile)
- Below average ram (17th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 12 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR3 |
| Storage | 128 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
| Weight | 4.9 kg / 10.7 lbs |
Connectivity
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 5040 | 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 i5-6500 | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Intel Core i9 14900KF |
| RAM (GB) | 12 | 96 | 32 | 64 | 32 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 128 | 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 | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 5040 | 14.6 | 20.9 | 17 | 12.8 | 5.9 | 70 | 62.5 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76.1 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.6 | 99.3 | 86.2 |
| 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 | 84.4 | 99.2 | 11.6 | 94.7 |
Usage Scores
- Overall30.3
- AI/LLM9.6
- Gaming6.1
- Portability31.2
- Creator9.2
- Business38.2
- Developer20.3
- Home Office31.6
- Workstation19.6
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