Dell OptiPlex 3040 Black 2015
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 8 GB
Storage 256 GB
GPU Radeon Graphics
form factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
47 Overall Score
Price $152
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong gpu (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
- Strong port selection (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average ram (10th percentile)
- Below average storage (16th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM | 48 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR3 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 8 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
| DisplayPort | 1x DisplayPort 1.2 |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 3040 | HP OmniDesk M02-0244 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q | Apple iMac 21.5" Certified Refurbished | abytespark i5/16G/512GB/RX550 4G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 | AMD Ryzen 7 8700G | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core i5 12400T | Intel 7th Generation Core i5 | Core i5 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 512 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 1024 | 1024 | 756 | 1000 | 512 |
| GPU | Radeon Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel HD Graphics | AMD Radeon Pro 555 | AMD Radeon RX 550 |
| Form Factor | sff | mid-tower | mini | mini | aio | tower |
| Psu W | - | 400 | 120 | - | - | - |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 3040 | 8.8 | 95.9 | 9.8 | 69.3 | 16.3 | 70.2 | 57.8 |
| HP OmniDesk M02-0244 Compare | 70.8 | 64.2 | 52.7 | 95.4 | 58.5 | 70.2 | 98.4 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 64.5 | 57.6 | 83 | 80.6 | 58.5 | 11.7 | 95.2 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q Compare | 38 | 95.9 | 32.6 | 96.4 | 47 | 70.2 | 63.9 |
| Apple iMac 21.5" Certified Refurbished Compare | 51.1 | 46.6 | 9.8 | 74.4 | 47.7 | 99.3 | 91.6 |
| abytespark i5/16G/512GB/RX550 4G Compare | 45.5 | 46.3 | 99.8 | 69.3 | 43.1 | 11.7 | 93.1 |
Price
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