Dell OptiPlex 7040-SFF
CPU i7-6700
RAM 8 GB
Storage 256 GB
form factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
29 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (71st percentile) 71st
- Strong reliability (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average port selection (6th percentile)
- Below average ram (10th percentile)
- Below average storage (14th percentile)
- Below average gpu (14th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | i7-6700 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.4 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 7040-SFF | Lenovo Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 | HP OMEN GT16-0364 | Apple Mac Studio M4 Max | Acer Nitro N60-180-UB33 | ASUS ROG G700TF-U7KF5070TI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | i7-6700 | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen 9 7900 | Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 4096 | 1024 | 512 | 1000 | 2000 |
| GPU | - | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Apple M4 Max 32-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Form Factor | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower | mini | mid-tower | desktop |
| Psu W | - | 850 | 850 | - | 850 | 850 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 7040-SFF | 15.7 | 14 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 13.8 | 69.4 | 70.6 |
| Lenovo Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare | 96.5 | 88.3 | 79.8 | 89.7 | 98.5 | 69.4 | 100 |
| HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare | 69.1 | 84.7 | 88.5 | 98 | 57.8 | 69.4 | 99.3 |
| Apple Mac Studio M4 Max Compare | 85.6 | 69.8 | 71.1 | 94.3 | 31.1 | 99.4 | 99.9 |
| Acer Nitro N60-180-UB33 Compare | 86.6 | 84.7 | 88.5 | 97.7 | 64.4 | 31 | 99.7 |
| ASUS ROG G700TF-U7KF5070TI Compare | 95.2 | 88.3 | 88.5 | 98.8 | 82.9 | 36 | 93.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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Other Configurations60
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