Dell Optiplex 3040 Micro, Core i5-6500T, 8GB, 500GB HDD, Black
CPU Intel Core i5-6500T
RAM 8 GB
Storage 500 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor mini
OS Windows 10 Pro
33 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average gpu (21st percentile)
- Below average storage (21st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500T |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.5 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM | 48 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR3 |
| Storage | 500 GB |
| Storage Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | mini |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 6 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
| DisplayPort | 1x Displayport 1.2 |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi |
| Bluetooth | ✓ |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Optiplex 3040 Micro | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 | HP OMEN GT16-0364 | CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM | MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500T | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | Intel Core i9 14900KF | AMD Ryzen 9 9900X |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 96 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 500 | 1024 | 4096 | 1024 | 8192 | 2048 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | mini | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | - | - | 850 | 850 | 850 | 750 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Optiplex 3040 Micro | 8.6 | 21 | 9.2 | 44.5 | 21.4 | 70 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.6 | 99.3 |
| Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare | 73.5 | 93.1 | 78.1 | 88.4 | 98.1 | 70 |
| HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare | 69.7 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 97.9 | 53.6 | 70 |
| CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare | 94.9 | 89.3 | 96.5 | 84.2 | 99.2 | 11.6 |
| MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US Compare | 92.4 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 90.5 | 82.8 | 37.3 |
Usage Scores
- Overall33.1
- AI/LLM8.7
- Gaming6.3
- Portability40.3
- Creator9.7
- Business37.8
- Developer21.8
- Home Office32.5
- Workstation19.7
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