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Dell Optiplex 7040 Black
CPU Intel Core i5-6600
RAM 8 GB
Storage 500 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics
form factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
44 Overall Score
Price CA$376
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong gpu (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
- Strong social proof (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average ram (8th percentile)
- Below average cpu (12th percentile)
- Below average storage (22nd percentile)
- Below average port selection (22nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6600 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.3 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 | sff |
| Weight | 4.9 kg / 10.7 lbs |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 2 |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Optiplex 7040 | Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS | HP OmniDesk M02-0234 | Apple Mac mini M4 | ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI | MSI Codex Z2 CODZ2C8NVL47 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6600 | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F | AMD Ryzen 7 8700G | Apple M4 | Intel Core Ultra 7 | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 500 | 1000 | 1536 | 256 | 3072 | 1024 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | AMD Radeon 780M | Apple M4 10-core | Intel Arc Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Form Factor | sff | mid-tower | mini-tower | mini | mini | aio |
| Psu W | - | 500 | 280 | 155 | 120 | 650 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Optiplex 7040 | 11.8 | 95.1 | 8.1 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 69.8 | 68.5 |
| Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS Compare | 87.3 | 71.8 | 82.7 | 94.1 | 63.5 | 69.8 | 99.6 |
| HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare | 70.2 | 54.7 | 51.4 | 95.3 | 81.1 | 69.8 | 98.4 |
| Apple Mac mini M4 Compare | 54.2 | 56.7 | 30.4 | 96.7 | 13 | 99.4 | 99.9 |
| ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI Compare | 56.1 | 52.4 | 82.7 | 98.2 | 95.8 | 36.7 | 87.4 |
| MSI Codex Z2 CODZ2C8NVL47 Compare | 68.7 | 71.8 | 87.9 | 86.2 | 56.9 | 36.7 | 61.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$376
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