Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF Desktop Tower 2015, Core i7-6700, 8GB, 512GB SSD, Black

★★★★★ 4.8 (4)
CPU Intel Core i7-6700
RAM 8 GB
Storage 512 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF Desktop Tower 2015, Core i7-6700, 8GB, 512GB SSD, Black desktop
33 Overall Score

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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

Performance Percentiles

CPU 25.2
GPU 21
RAM 9.2
Ports 5.3
Storage 29.5
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

GPU Intel HD Graphics
Type Integrated

Memory & Storage

RAM 8 GB
RAM Generation DDR3
Storage 512 GB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor sff

System

OS Windows 10 Pro

vs Competition

Spec Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF Desktop Tower Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS HP OMEN GT16-0364 MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US iBUYPOWER Slate MESH SMI7N4601
CPU Intel Core i7-6700 Apple M3 Ultra Intel Core Ultra 7 265F AMD Ryzen 7 8700F AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Intel Core i7 14700F
RAM (GB) 8 96 32 32 32 32
Storage (GB) 512 1024 1024 1024 1024 1024
GPU Intel HD Graphics Apple M3 Ultra 60-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
Form Factor sff sff mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower
Psu W - - 500 850 750 600
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 SFF Desktop Tower 25.2219.25.329.57062.7
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 Slate MESH SMI7N4601 Compare 84.673.978.195.76927.299.1

Price

Value & Pricing

We started tracking prices for this product on Oct 2, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.

Usage Scores

Overall (32.9)AI/LLM (9.6)Gaming (6.3)Portability (32.4)Creator (10.3)Business (40)Developer (22.2)Home Office (35.7)Workstation (21.8)
  • Overall32.9
  • AI/LLM9.6
  • Gaming6.3
  • Portability32.4
  • Creator10.3
  • Business40
  • Developer22.2
  • Home Office35.7
  • Workstation21.8

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Other Configurations57

OptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i516GB2304GBBlackCA$200OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-65008GB756GBBlackCA$230OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650016GB256GBBlackCA$290OptiPlex 7040-SFFIntel Core i7 670016GB512GBBlackCA$299OptiPlex 70403.2GHz8GB128GBBlackCA$299OptiPlex 7040 SFF Core i5Intel Core i5 6th Gen8GB240GBBlackCA$299OptiPlex 7040Intel 6th Generation Core i516GB1012GBBlackCA$330OptiPlex 7040-SFFi5-65008GB480GBBlack/SilverCA$349OptiPlex 7040-SFFi5-65008GB512GBCA$349
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OptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i7-670016GB256GBBlackCA$358OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650016GB500GBBlackCA$365OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650012GB128GBBlackCA$369OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-66008GB256GBBlackCA$376Optiplex 7040Intel Core i5-66008GB500GBBlackCA$376OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670012GB240GBBlackCA$379OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-67004GB128GBBlackCA$389OptiPlex 7040 SFF BusinessIntel Core i5-650016GB480GBBlackCA$396OptiPlex 7040-SFFi7-670016GB480GBBlack/SilverCA$399OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650024GB240GBBlackCA$399OptiPlex 70403.2GHz4GB500GBBlackCA$413OptiPlex 70403.2GHz8GB512GBBlackCA$416OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-6500T8GB250GBBlackCA$417OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670016GB500GBBlackCA$426OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670024GB128GBBlackCA$429OptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 64008GB1TBBlackCA$430OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-65008GB2TBBlackCA$464Optiplex 704064 bit Quad-Core Processor8GB512GBBlackCA$464OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650016GB4TBBlackCA$475OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670016GB1TBBlackCA$480OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i58GB360GBBlackCA$497OptiPlex 70403.2GHz8GB1TBBlackCA$501OptiPlex 70403.40GHz8GB256GBBlackCA$501OptiPlex 704064 bit Quad-Core Processor16GB2TBBlackCA$527OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-660016GB512GBBlackCA$549Optiplex 7040 SFFIntel Core i7-67008GB128GBBlackCA$570OptiPlex 7040-SFFIntel Core i7-67008GB256GBBlackCA$583OptiPlex 7040Intel 6th Generation Core i732GB1TBBlackCA$599OptiPlex 70403.2GHz8GB256GBBlackCA$600OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i78GB1TBBlackCA$652OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670016GB512GBBlackCA$658OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670032GB1536GBBlackCA$717Optiplex 7040Core i532GB1TBCA$768OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670016GB256GBBlackOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-67008GB628GBOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i532GB1TBBlackOptiplex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 650016GB256GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFF3.2GHz8GB128GBBlackOptiplex 7040 SFFIntel Core i516GB480GBOptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670064GB1TBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i7 670032GB3TBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i7 6700512GB2560GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5-650016GB256GBOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 6th Gen16GB240GBBlackOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 6th Gen8GB240GBBlackOptiplex 7040 Small FormIntel Core i7 670064GB1TBOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i5 6th Gen16GB2560GBOptiPlex 7040 SFFIntel Core i7-670016GB3TBBlack

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