Dell Optiplex 7040-Tower 2015, Core i7-6700, 8GB, 512GB SSD
CPU i7-6700
RAM 8 GB
Storage 512 GB
Form Factor mid-tower
OS Windows 10 Pro
33 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average port selection (5th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average gpu (21st percentile)
- Below average cpu (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | i7-6700 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.4 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mid-tower |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Optiplex 7040-Tower | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS | HP OMEN GT16-0364 | MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US | iBUYPOWER Element EBI7N5701 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | i7-6700 | Apple M3 Ultra | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | AMD Ryzen 7 7700 | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 96 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 512 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 2048 |
| GPU | - | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | mid-tower | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | - | - | 500 | 850 | 750 | 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 | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Optiplex 7040-Tower | 25.2 | 21 | 9.2 | 5.3 | 29.5 | 70 | 62.7 |
| 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 Element EBI7N5701 Compare | 90.6 | 89.3 | 78.1 | 97.9 | 90.1 | 27.2 | 99.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall32.9
- AI/LLM11.2
- Gaming6.3
- Portability17.6
- Creator11.7
- Business40
- Developer25.1
- Home Office35.7
- Workstation24.6
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