Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 128GB SSD, Black

★★★★★ 4.8 (4)
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 16 GB
Storage 128 GB
Form Factor mini
OS Windows 10 Pro
Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 128GB SSD, Black desktop
37 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average storage (6th percentile)
  • Below average cpu (15th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (21st percentile)
  • Below average ram (32nd percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 14.7
GPU 21
RAM 31.6
Ports 44.5
Storage 5.9
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 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 HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q Gen 5 Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI MSI Cubi NUC AI 1UMG-015US
CPU Intel Core i5-6500 AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Intel Core i5 14400T AMD Ryzen 7 255 Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
RAM (GB) 16 16 16 32 32 16
Storage (GB) 128 1536 512 1024 3072 1024
GPU - AMD Radeon 780M Intel UHD Graphics 730 AMD Radeon 780M Intel Arc Graphics Intel Arc Graphics
Form Factor mini mini-tower mini mini mini mini
Psu W - 280 90 120 120 120
OS Windows 10 Pro Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro Windows Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Home
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsStorageReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro 14.72131.644.55.97062.7
HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare 71.963.151.494.779.97098.2
Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q Gen 5 Compare 52.735.649.884.240.97095.6
Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare 65.263.181.865.353.611.694.3
ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI Compare 58.458.781.877.695.637.383.9
MSI Cubi NUC AI 1UMG-015US Compare 51.658.751.489.56937.375

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 (36.7)AI/LLM (12.1)Gaming (7.7)Portability (43.4)Creator (12.9)Business (43.1)Developer (30.6)Home Office (37.1)Workstation (27.5)
  • Overall36.7
  • AI/LLM12.1
  • Gaming7.7
  • Portability43.4
  • Creator12.9
  • Business43.1
  • Developer30.6
  • Home Office37.1
  • Workstation27.5

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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 7040Intel Core i5-65008GB500GBBlackCA$325OptiPlex 7040 MicroIntel Core i5-6400T16GB256GBBlackCA$326
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OptiPlex 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$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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