Dell OptiPlex 7040 Black

★★★★★ 4.5 (4)
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 24 GB
Storage 240 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
form factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
Dell OptiPlex 7040 Black desktop
33 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong reliability (69th percentile) 69th

Cons

  • Below average cpu (8th percentile)
  • Below average storage (9th percentile)
  • Below average port selection (13th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (14th percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 8.2
GPU 14
RAM 54
Ports 13.4
Storage 8.8
Reliability 69.4
Social Proof 53.8

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core i5-6500
Cores 4
Frequency 3.2 GHz
L3 Cache 6 MB

Graphics

GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Type Integrated

Memory & Storage

RAM 24 GB
RAM Generation DDR3
Storage 240 GB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor sff
Weight 4.9 kg / 10.7 lbs

Connectivity

Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

System

OS Windows 10 Pro

vs Competition

Spec Dell OptiPlex 7040 HP OMEN GT22-3080 Lenovo Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Apple Mac Studio M4 Max CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM ASUS ROG GM700
CPU Intel Core i5-6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 265K AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Apple M4 Max Intel Core i9 14900KF AMD Ryzen 7 9800X
RAM (GB) 24 32 32 36 64 32
Storage (GB) 240 2048 4096 512 8000 2000
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Apple M4 Max 32-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
Form Factor sff mid-tower mid-tower mini mid-tower mid-tower
Psu W - 850 850 - 850 850
OS Windows 10 Pro Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Home macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsStorageReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell OptiPlex 7040 8.2145413.48.869.453.8
HP OMEN GT22-3080 Compare 95.890.879.89391.969.487.5
Lenovo Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare 96.588.379.889.798.569.4100
Apple Mac Studio M4 Max Compare 85.669.871.194.331.199.499.9
CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare 94.284.796.985.799.211.296
ASUS ROG GM700 Compare 80.388.383.396.582.93699.7

Usage Scores

Overall (32.6)AI/LLM (13)Gaming (6.7)Portability (33.6)Creator (10.4)Business (43.1)Developer (26.3)Home Office (34.7)Workstation (23.8)

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Other Configurations60

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OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650016GB4TBBlackOptiplex Refurbished Excellent 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 650016GB256GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel 6th Generation Core i516GB1012GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-65008GB756GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 65008GB128GBBlackOptiPlex 7040-SFFIntel Core i7 670016GB512GBBlackOptiplex 7040 SFFIntel Core i516GB480GBOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650016GB256GBBlackOptiplex 7040Intel Core i7-670064GB1000GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5 65008GB256GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i7 670032GB3TBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFF3.2GHz8GB128GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670016GB500GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670032GB1000GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670016GB512GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650016GB256GBOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 6th Gen16GB240GBBlackOptiPlex 704064 bit Quad-Core Processor64GB1TBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 6th Gen8GB240GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i516GB2256GBBlackOptiplex 7040 Small FormIntel Core i7 670064GB1TBOptiPlex 704064 bit Quad-Core Processor8GB2000GBBlackOptiPlex 704064 bit Quad-Core Processor8GB1TBBlackOptiplex 704064 bit Quad-Core Processor8GB512GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-660016GB512GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-66008GB256GBBlackOptiplex 7040 SFFIntel Core i7-67008GB256GBBlackOptiPlex 7040-SFFi5-65008GB480GBBlack/SilverOptiplex 7040Core i532GB1TBOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i78GB1TBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i716GB1TBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-6500T8GB250GBBlackOptiplex 7040Intel Core i5-66008GB500GBBlackOptiPlex 7040-SFFi7-670016GB480GBBlack/SilverOptiPlex 7040-SFFi5-65008GB512GBOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 6th Gen16GB2560GBOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i7-670016GB3TBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel 6th Generation Core i732GB1TBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650016GB256GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i58GB360GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5-650016GB256GBOptiPlex 704064 bit Quad-Core Processor16GB2TBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670012GB240GBBlackOptiPlex 7040-SFFi7-67008GB256GBOptiPlex 70403.2GHz8GB256GBBlackOptiPlex 70403.2GHz16GB1TBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-65008GB256GBOptiPlex 7040 SFF BusinessIntel Core i5-650016GB480GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 6th Gen8GB240GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670024GB128GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-65008GB128GBBlack

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