On sale 5%
Dell OptiPlex 3010 Multicolor 2025
CPU 3.4 GHz core_i7
RAM 16 GB
Storage 1012 GB
GPU NVIDIA AMD Radeon RX 550 4G GDDR5
form factor mid-tower
OS Windows 11 Pro
47 Overall Score
Price $400
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong reliability (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average cpu (2nd percentile)
- Below average port selection (15th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (20th percentile)
- Below average ram (31st percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
65/100Our AI sentiment read
- Q1 202656/100
Buyers praised the value, ease of setup, and compact size, but several reported Windows 11 compatibility issues and one had a hard drive corruption.
- Great value, easy setup, compact size, and fast SSD.
- Windows 11 installed via unsupported bypass; system may not receive updates.
- Hard drive partition corruption occurred within a month for one buyer.
- Performance fine for basic tasks and older games, but weak for modern gaming.
- Q4 202575/100
Most buyers found this a good budget PC for casual gaming, praising value and ease of setup. One reported OS failure.
- Great value for casual gaming, runs games like Sims 4 and REPO without issues.
- Easy setup with helpful stickers and instructions for plugging in video cables.
- Fast shipping and well-packaged, arrives intact.
- One unit had a faulty operating system, not working correctly.
Based on 10 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | 3.4 GHz core_i7 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.4 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 550 4G GDDR5 |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage 1 | 512 GB |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD |
| Storage 2 | 500 GB |
| Storage 2 Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | mid-tower |
| Weight | 8.9 kg / 19.7 lbs |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 4 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 3010 | Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS | HP OMEN 35L | Apple Mac mini M4 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | ASUS NUC 14 Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | 3.4 GHz core_i7 | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | Apple M4 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Ultra 7 155H |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1012 | 1000 | 4096 | 512 | 1024 | 3072 |
| GPU | NVIDIA AMD Radeon RX 550 4G GDDR5 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | Apple M4 10-core | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel Arc Graphics |
| Form Factor | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mini | mini | mini |
| Psu W | - | 500 | 850 | - | 120 | 120 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows | Windows 11 Pro |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | User Sentiment | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 3010 | 2.4 | 51.6 | 31.4 | 14.5 | 48.8 | 19.7 | 70.6 | 91.6 |
| Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS Compare | 87.4 | 73.2 | 82.5 | 94.1 | 64.2 | 94.7 | 70.6 | 99.6 |
| HP OMEN 35L Compare | 68.8 | 82.6 | 87.6 | 95.3 | 96.5 | 0 | 70.6 | 63.9 |
| Apple Mac mini M4 Compare | 54.5 | 58.1 | 31.4 | 96.6 | 31.7 | 0 | 99.3 | 99.6 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 63.9 | 56.2 | 82.5 | 79.8 | 57.7 | 88.7 | 11.8 | 95.1 |
| ASUS NUC 14 Pro Compare | 56.5 | 53.9 | 82.5 | 98.2 | 95.8 | 27.2 | 38 | 86.9 |
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