Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 500GB SSD, Black

★★★★★ 4.8 (4)
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 16 GB
Storage 500 GB
Form Factor mini
OS Windows 10 Home
Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 500GB SSD, Black desktop
45 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average cpu (15th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (21st percentile)
  • Below average storage (23rd percentile)
  • Below average ram (32nd percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 14.7
GPU 21
RAM 31.6
Ports 44.5
Storage 23.2
Reliability 70
Social Proof 62.7

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core i5-6500
Cores 4
Frequency 2.5 GHz
L3 Cache 6 MB

Graphics

Type Integrated

Memory & Storage

RAM 16 GB
RAM Generation DDR4
Storage 500 GB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor mini

Connectivity

USB Ports 6
HDMI 1x HDMI
DisplayPort 1x Display Port
Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

System

OS Windows 10 Home

vs Competition

Spec Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS HP OmniDesk M02-0234 MSI Aegis Z2 A8NVL-1610US iBUYPOWER Slate MESH SMI7N4601
CPU Intel Core i5-6500 Apple M3 Ultra Intel Core Ultra 7 265F AMD Ryzen 7 8700G AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Intel Core i7 14700F
RAM (GB) 16 96 32 16 16 32
Storage (GB) 500 1024 1024 1536 3072 1024
GPU - Apple M3 Ultra 60-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti AMD Radeon 780M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Form Factor mini sff mid-tower mini-tower mid-tower mid-tower
Psu W - - 500 280 650 600
OS Windows 10 Home macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsStorageReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro 14.72131.644.523.27062.7
Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare 99.77695.793.853.699.386.2
Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS Compare 90.681.981.893.1697099.9
HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare 71.963.151.494.779.97098.2
MSI Aegis Z2 A8NVL-1610US Compare 69.778.256.790.596.537.399.9
iBUYPOWER Slate MESH SMI7N4601 Compare 84.673.978.195.76927.299.1

Price

Value & Pricing

Price History

CA$500 CA$600 CA$700 CA$800 Jun 30Oct 3 CA$530

Usage Scores

Overall (44.7)AI/LLM (13.7)Gaming (8.5)Portability (50.4)Creator (15.3)Business (51.1)Developer (35.3)Home Office (47.5)Workstation (32)
  • Overall44.7
  • AI/LLM13.7
  • Gaming8.5
  • Portability50.4
  • Creator15.3
  • Business51.1
  • Developer35.3
  • Home Office47.5
  • Workstation32

A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.

Other Configurations42

OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i7-6700T8GB128GBBlackCA$292OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i7-6700T8GB256GBBlackCA$296OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-6700T16GB512GBBlackCA$299OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6500T16GB128GBBlackCA$317Optiplex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6600T16GB256GBBlackCA$319OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6400T16GB240GBBlackCA$319OptiPlex 704064 bit Quad-Core Processor16GB256GBBlackCA$321OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-650016GB128GBBlackCA$322OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-65008GB500GBBlackCA$325
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OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6400T16GB256GBBlackCA$326OptiPlex 704064 bit Quad-Core Processor8GB1TBBlackCA$352OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i7-6700T16GB128GBBlack/SilverCA$359OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670016GB240GBBlackCA$360OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i7-6700T16GB256GBBlackCA$362OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6600T16GB512GBBlackCA$384OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6400T16GB480GBBlackCA$384OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6400T16GB512GBBlackCA$392OptiPlex 7040 Micro2.50GHz16GB512GBBlackCA$392OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5 6th Gen16GB512GBBlackCA$428OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6500T8GB256GBBlackCA$428OptiPlex 7040 Micro4 x 256 KB8GB256GBBlackCA$441OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i7-6700T16GB1TBBlackCA$462OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-650016GB240GBBlack/SilverCA$467OptiPlex 7040 Micro2.50GHz8GB1TBBlackCA$468OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-65004GB500GBBlackCA$481OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-6500T16GB512GBBlackCA$501OptiPlex 7040-MicroIntel Core i5-6500T8GB240GBBlack/SilverCA$501OptiPlex 7040 Micro4 x 256 KB8GB512GBBlackCA$512OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-6500T8GB512GBBlackCA$514OptiPlex 7040 Micro64 bit Quad-Core Processor8GB500GBBlackCA$517OptiPlex 7040 Microi5-6500T8GB256GBCA$526OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-650016GB1TBBlackCA$631OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-67004GB1TBBlackCA$640OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-65004GB2TBBlackCA$681OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i7-670016GB128GBBlackCA$7007040 MICROIntel Core i5-650016GB1TBBlackCA$1,086OptiPlex 7040-MicroIntel Core i5-6500T16GB256GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 Micro TowerIntel Core i5 6500T8GB256GBBlackOptiPlex Grade A 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6500T16GB480GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-6500T8GB480GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5 6th Gen16GB240GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5 6400T16GB256GB

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