Dell OptiPlex 7040 2015, Core i7-6700, 8GB, 500GB SSD, Black
CPU Intel Core i7-6700
RAM 8 GB
Storage 500 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor mini-tower
OS Windows 10 Pro
37 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average gpu (21st percentile)
- Below average storage (23rd percentile)
- Below average cpu (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.4 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR3 |
| Storage | 500 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mini-tower |
| Weight | 8.0 kg / 17.6 lbs |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 6 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0b |
| DisplayPort | 1x DisplayPort 1.4 |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 7040 | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 | HP OMEN GT16-0364 | MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US | ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700 | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 96 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 500 | 1024 | 4096 | 1024 | 2048 | 2048 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Form Factor | mini-tower | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | desktop |
| Psu W | - | - | 850 | 850 | 750 | 850 |
| 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 | 25.2 | 21 | 9.2 | 44.5 | 23.2 | 70 | 62.7 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.6 | 99.3 | 86.2 |
| Lenovo T Series Towers Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 Compare | 73.5 | 93.1 | 78.1 | 88.4 | 98.1 | 70 | 100 |
| HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare | 69.7 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 97.9 | 53.6 | 70 | 99.1 |
| MSI Aegis ZS2 A9NVP-1407US Compare | 92.4 | 89.3 | 87.2 | 90.5 | 82.8 | 37.3 | 99.6 |
| ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 Compare | 99.4 | 86.1 | 93.9 | 97.3 | 90.1 | 37.3 | 17.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall37.4
- AI/LLM10
- Gaming6.9
- Portability37
- Creator11.1
- Business42.6
- Developer25.8
- Home Office38
- Workstation23.2
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Other Configurations16
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