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Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF Black 2015
CPU intel Core i5
RAM 16 GB
Storage 128 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
form factor sff
OS Windows 10 Home
40 Overall Score
Price CA$399
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port selection (85th percentile) 85th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
- Strong social proof (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average storage (9th percentile)
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average gpu (12th percentile)
- Below average ram (20th percentile)
The proof
Performance
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 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR3 |
| Storage | 128 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 10 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 2x DisplayPort |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 4 |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF | Apple Mac mini M4 Pro | Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS | HP OmniStudio X 32-C1014 | ASUS NUC 14 Pro | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | intel Core i5 | Apple M4 Pro | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 128 | 512 | 1000 | 1024 | 3072 | 1024 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Apple M4 Pro 16-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | Intel Arc Graphics 140V | Intel Arc Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M |
| Form Factor | sff | mini | mid-tower | aio | mini | mini |
| Psu W | - | 155 | 500 | 280 | 120 | 120 |
| OS | Windows 10 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF | 8.9 | 12.2 | 19.7 | 84.9 | 8.9 | 69.9 | 68.3 |
| Apple Mac mini M4 Pro Compare | 77.5 | 63.4 | 53.6 | 96.7 | 32.8 | 99.3 | 99.6 |
| Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS Compare | 87.5 | 74.5 | 83 | 94.2 | 65.1 | 69.9 | 99.9 |
| HP OmniStudio X 32-C1014 Compare | 46.4 | 56 | 91.8 | 80.4 | 73.8 | 69.9 | 99.1 |
| ASUS NUC 14 Pro Compare | 57.4 | 56 | 83 | 98.3 | 95.8 | 37.1 | 87.6 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 64.7 | 58.3 | 83 | 80.4 | 58.6 | 11.5 | 95.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$399
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