Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro 2020, Core i7-6700T, 8GB, 128GB SSD, Black
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average port selection (5th percentile)
- Below average storage (6th percentile)
- Below average gpu (8th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700T |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.8 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Graphics
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 128 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mini |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro | Apple Mac Studio M5 Max | Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 | HP OMEN GT16-0364 | ASUS ROG GM700 | CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700T | Apple M5 Max | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | Intel Core i9 14900KF |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 128 | 4096 | 4096 | 1024 | 2048 | 8192 |
| GPU | - | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | mini | mini | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | - | 480 | 850 | 850 | 850 | 850 |
| OS | Windows 10 Home | 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 Micro | 20.1 | 7.6 | 9.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 70 | 62.6 |
| Apple Mac Studio M5 Max Compare | 95.8 | 83.6 | 98.4 | 89.1 | 98.1 | 99.3 | 81.4 |
| Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare | 73.4 | 93.1 | 78 | 88.4 | 98.1 | 70 | 100 |
| HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare | 69.7 | 89.3 | 87.1 | 97.9 | 53.6 | 70 | 99.1 |
| ASUS ROG GM700 Compare | 80.5 | 93.1 | 81.7 | 96.2 | 90.1 | 37.3 | 99.6 |
| CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare | 94.9 | 89.3 | 96.5 | 84.2 | 99.2 | 11.6 | 94.8 |
Usage Scores
- Overall27.1
- AI/LLM6.8
- Gaming4
- Portability31.2
- Creator8.2
- Business36.7
- Developer20.4
- Home Office29.9
- Workstation18.5
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