Dell OptiPlex 7040 SFF 2016, Core i5-6500, 32GB, 1TB SSD, Black

★★★★☆ 3.7 (4)
CPU Intel Core i5
RAM 32 GB
Storage 1 TB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
Dell OptiPlex 7040 SFF 2016, Core i5-6500, 32GB, 1TB SSD, Black desktop
37 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average social proof (12th percentile)
  • Below average cpu (15th percentile)
  • Below average user sentiment (20th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (21st percentile)

What owners think

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The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 14.7
GPU 20.9
RAM 64
Ports 44.6
Storage 53.6
User Sentiment 19.8
Reliability 70
Social Proof 12.1

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 32 GB
RAM Generation DDR4
Storage 1 TB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor sff

Connectivity

USB Ports 6
HDMI 1x HDMI
DisplayPort 2x DisplayPort
Bluetooth ✓
Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

System

OS Windows 10 Pro

vs Competition

Spec Dell OptiPlex 7040 SFF Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 HP OMEN GT16-0364 CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US
CPU Intel Core i5 Apple M3 Ultra AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Intel Core i9 14900KF AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
RAM (GB) 32 96 32 32 64 32
Storage (GB) 1024 1024 4096 1024 8192 2048
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Apple M3 Ultra 60-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Form Factor sff sff mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower
Psu W - - 850 850 850 750
OS Windows 10 Pro macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsStorageUser SentimentReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell OptiPlex 7040 SFF 14.720.96444.653.619.87012.1
Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare 99.77695.793.853.694.999.386.3
Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare 73.493.17888.498.194.970100
HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare 69.789.387.297.953.698.57099.1
CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare 94.989.396.584.299.298.511.694.8
MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US Compare 92.489.387.290.582.888.737.399.6

Usage Scores

Overall (36.6)AI/LLM (17.5)Gaming (9.6)Portability (43.1)Creator (17.4)Business (44)Developer (39.9)Home Office (42.3)Workstation (37.7)
  • Overall36.6
  • AI/LLM17.5
  • Gaming9.6
  • Portability43.1
  • Creator17.4
  • Business44
  • Developer39.9
  • Home Office42.3
  • Workstation37.7

A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.

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