Dell OptiPlex 5070, Core i7-9700, 64GB, 500GB SSD, Black
The 8-core i7-9700 with 64GB of DDR4 RAM delivers strong multitasking for office productivity, though its integrated UHD 630 graphics limit visual workloads. This renewed tower offers exceptional memory capacity and a fast 500GB NVMe SSD at a budget-friendly price point, making it a practical workstation upgrade. It’s best for business users running multiple virtual machines or data-heavy spreadsheets who don’t require dedicated graphics.
CPU Intel Core i7 9700
RAM 64 GB
Storage 500 GB
GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Form Factor tower
OS Windows 11 Pro
55 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ram (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average port selection (5th percentile)
- Below average storage (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i7 9700 |
| Cores | 1 |
| Frequency | 4.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM Type | Shared |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 500 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | tower |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 5070 | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS | HP OMEN GT16-0364 | MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US | iBUYPOWER Slate MESH SMI7N4601 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7 9700 | Apple M3 Ultra | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | Intel Core i7 14700F |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 96 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 500 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 |
| Form Factor | tower | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | - | - | 500 | 850 | 750 | 600 |
| OS | Windows 11 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 | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 5070 | 40.5 | 35.6 | 92.1 | 5.3 | 23.2 | 70 | 76.9 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.6 | 99.3 | 86.2 |
| Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS Compare | 90.6 | 81.9 | 81.8 | 93.1 | 69 | 70 | 99.9 |
| HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare | 69.7 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 97.9 | 53.6 | 70 | 99.1 |
| MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US Compare | 74.7 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 93.8 | 69 | 37.3 | 83 |
| iBUYPOWER Slate MESH SMI7N4601 Compare | 84.6 | 73.9 | 78.1 | 95.7 | 69 | 27.2 | 99.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall55.1
- AI/LLM28.3
- Gaming14
- Portability27.6
- Creator23.7
- Business64.6
- Developer52.5
- Home Office62.5
- Workstation51.8
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