Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 480GB SSD

★★★★★ 4.5 (4)
CPU Intel Core i5
RAM 16 GB
Storage 480 GB
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 480GB SSD desktop
40 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong port selection (72nd percentile) 72nd
  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average cpu (15th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (21st percentile)
  • Below average storage (22nd percentile)
  • Below average ram (32nd percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 14.6
GPU 20.9
RAM 31.6
Ports 72.2
Storage 22.3
Reliability 70
Social Proof 42.3

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

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

Memory & Storage

RAM 16 GB
RAM Generation DDR4
Storage 480 GB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor sff

Connectivity

USB Ports 10
HDMI 1x HDMI
DisplayPort 2x DP

System

OS Windows 10 Pro

vs Competition

Spec Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF Apple Mac Studio M5 Max Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 HP OMEN GT16-0285t 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) 16 64 32 64 32 64
Storage (GB) 480 4096 4096 2048 2048 8192
GPU - Apple (40-Core) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Form Factor sff mini mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower
Psu W - 480 850 850 850 850
OS Windows 10 Pro macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsStorageReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF 14.620.931.672.222.37042.3
Apple Mac Studio M5 Max Compare 95.883.798.489.298.199.381.4
Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare 73.593.27888.598.170100
HP OMEN GT16-0285t Compare 98.195.997.693.890.17070.3
ASUS ROG GM700 Compare 80.693.281.896.290.137.399.6
CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare 94.989.396.584.499.211.694.8

Usage Scores

Overall (39.9)AI/LLM (14.3)Gaming (8.1)Portability (45.5)Creator (14.1)Business (43.4)Developer (34.2)Home Office (38.8)Workstation (29.8)
  • Overall39.9
  • AI/LLM14.3
  • Gaming8.1
  • Portability45.5
  • Creator14.1
  • Business43.4
  • Developer34.2
  • Home Office38.8
  • Workstation29.8

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Other Configurations57

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