Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro, Core i7-6700, 16GB, 128GB SSD, Black

★★★★★ 4.8 (4)
CPU Intel Core i7-6700
RAM 16 GB
Storage 128 GB
Form Factor mini
OS Windows 10 Pro
Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro, Core i7-6700, 16GB, 128GB SSD, Black desktop
46 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average storage (6th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (21st percentile)
  • Below average cpu (25th percentile)
  • Below average ram (32nd percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 25.2
GPU 21
RAM 31.6
Ports 44.5
Storage 5.9
Reliability 70
Social Proof 62.7

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core i7-6700
Cores 4
Frequency 3.4 GHz
L3 Cache 8 MB

Graphics

Type Integrated

Memory & Storage

RAM 16 GB
RAM Generation DDR4
Storage 128 GB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor mini

Connectivity

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

System

OS Windows 10 Pro

vs Competition

Spec Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS HP OMEN GT16-0364 MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US iBUYPOWER Element EBI7N5701
CPU Intel Core 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) 16 96 32 32 32 32
Storage (GB) 128 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 mini 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 CPUGPURAMPortsStorageReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro 25.22131.644.55.97062.7
Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare 99.77695.793.853.699.386.2
Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS Compare 90.681.981.893.1697099.9
HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare 69.789.387.297.953.67099.1
MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US Compare 74.789.387.293.86937.383
iBUYPOWER Element EBI7N5701 Compare 90.689.378.197.990.127.299.1

Price

Value & Pricing

We started tracking prices for this product on Jun 30, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.

Usage Scores

Overall (45.8)AI/LLM (14.3)Gaming (8.5)Portability (51.4)Creator (15.3)Business (53.8)Developer (36.1)Home Office (49)Workstation (32.7)
  • Overall45.8
  • AI/LLM14.3
  • Gaming8.5
  • Portability51.4
  • Creator15.3
  • Business53.8
  • Developer36.1
  • Home Office49
  • Workstation32.7

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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
Show all 42 configurations
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 i5-650016GB500GBBlackCA$530OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-650016GB1TBBlackCA$631OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-67004GB1TBBlackCA$640OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-65004GB2TBBlackCA$6817040 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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