Dell OptiPlex 7000 Micro Tower 2022, Core i5-12500T, 8GB, 256GB SSD, Gray
CPU Intel Core i5-12500T
RAM 8 GB
Storage 256 GB
Form Factor mini
OS Windows 11 Pro
42 Overall Score
Price CA$918
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average port selection (13th percentile)
- Below average storage (13th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-12500T |
| Cores | 6 |
| Frequency | 2.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mini |
Connectivity
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Ethernet | 10/100/1000Mbps |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 7000 Micro Tower | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 | HP OMEN GT16-0364 | MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US | ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-12500T | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 96 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 1024 | 4096 | 1024 | 2048 | 2048 |
| GPU | - | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Form Factor | mini | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | desktop |
| Psu W | - | - | 850 | 850 | 750 | 850 |
| 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 7000 Micro Tower | 45.4 | 35.6 | 9.2 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 70 | 62.7 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.6 | 99.3 | 86.2 |
| Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare | 73.5 | 93.1 | 78.1 | 88.4 | 98.1 | 70 | 100 |
| HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare | 69.7 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 97.9 | 53.6 | 70 | 99.1 |
| MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US Compare | 92.4 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 90.5 | 82.8 | 37.3 | 99.6 |
| ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 Compare | 99.4 | 86.1 | 93.9 | 97.3 | 90.1 | 37.3 | 17.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$918
Newegg 1 offer From CA$918
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Usage Scores
- Overall42.1
- AI/LLM15.8
- Gaming8.7
- Portability43.5
- Creator15.3
- Business49.6
- Developer31.2
- Home Office45
- Workstation31.6
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