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Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF 2015
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 12 GB
Storage 500 GB
form factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
31 Overall Score
Price CA$390
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
- Strong social proof (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average port selection (8th percentile)
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average gpu (12th percentile)
- Below average ram (19th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 12 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 500 GB |
| Storage Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
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 i5-6500 | Apple M4 Pro | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 |
| RAM (GB) | 12 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 500 | 512 | 1000 | 1024 | 3072 | 1024 |
| GPU | - | 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 Pro | 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 | 8.8 | 12.4 | 18.6 | 7.7 | 24 | 69.9 | 68.5 |
| Apple Mac mini M4 Pro Compare | 77.5 | 63.4 | 53.5 | 96.7 | 32.8 | 99.3 | 99.6 |
| Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS Compare | 87.4 | 74.6 | 83 | 94.2 | 65.3 | 69.9 | 99.9 |
| HP OmniStudio X 32-C1014 Compare | 46.4 | 56.1 | 91.8 | 80.3 | 73.9 | 69.9 | 99.2 |
| ASUS NUC 14 Pro Compare | 57.4 | 56.1 | 83 | 98.3 | 95.9 | 37.1 | 87.6 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 64.7 | 58.4 | 83 | 80.3 | 58.7 | 11.5 | 95.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$390
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