Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 8 GB
Storage 256 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
form factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
45 Overall Score
Price $129
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong gpu (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong social proof (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong reliability (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average storage (21st percentile)
- Below average port selection (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
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 |
| VRAM | 48 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
Connectivity
| HDMI | 2 DisplayPort, 1 HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 2 DisplayPort, 1 HDMI |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q | HP ProDesk G4 | Apple iMac 21.5" Certified Refurbished | Blackview MP100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core i5 12400T | 3.00GHz | Intel 7th Generation Core i5 | 4.3 GHz ryzen_5 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 32 | 16 | 64 | 8 | 16 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 1024 | 756 | 2000 | 1000 | 512 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel HD Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 | AMD Radeon Graphics |
| Form Factor | sff | mini | mini | mini | aio | mini |
| Psu W | - | 120 | - | - | - | - |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Pro |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF | 8.6 | 95.7 | 8.9 | 25.4 | 20.6 | 70.6 | 81.8 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 63.9 | 56.2 | 82.5 | 79.8 | 57.7 | 11.8 | 95.1 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q Compare | 37.4 | 95.7 | 31.4 | 96.3 | 46.3 | 70.6 | 63.9 |
| HP ProDesk G4 Compare | 17.3 | 31.3 | 92.2 | 61.7 | 81.6 | 70.6 | 83.4 |
| Apple iMac 21.5" Certified Refurbished Compare | 38.8 | 40.4 | 8.9 | 49.4 | 46.9 | 99.3 | 86 |
| Blackview MP100 Compare | 78.4 | 57.6 | 43.4 | 59.3 | 42.3 | 11.8 | 98.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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