Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 240GB SSD, Black/Silver

★★★★★ 4.8 (4)
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 16 GB
Storage 240 GB
Form Factor mini
OS Windows 10 Home
Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro, Core i5-6500, 16GB, 240GB SSD, Black/Silver desktop
40 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average storage (8th percentile)
  • Below average cpu (15th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (21st percentile)
  • Below average port selection (28th percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 14.7
GPU 21
RAM 31.6
Ports 27.6
Storage 8.1
Reliability 70
Social Proof 62.7

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Intel Core i5-6500
Cores 4
Frequency 3.2 GHz
L3 Cache 6 MB

Graphics

Type Integrated

Memory & Storage

RAM 16 GB
RAM Generation DDR4
Storage 240 GB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor mini

Connectivity

USB Ports 2
HDMI 1x HDMI
DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

System

OS Windows 10 Home

vs Competition

Spec Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus ASUS V701 V701ML
CPU Intel Core i5-6500 Apple M3 Ultra AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Intel Core Ultra 7 255H AMD Ryzen 7 255 Core Ultra 9
RAM (GB) 16 96 16 16 32 16
Storage (GB) 240 1024 1536 2048 1024 1024
GPU - Apple M3 Ultra 60-core AMD Radeon 780M Intel Arc Graphics AMD Radeon 780M Intel UHD Graphics
Form Factor mini sff mini-tower aio mini mini-tower
Psu W - - 280 170 120 180
OS Windows 10 Home macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows Windows 11 Home
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsStorageReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro 14.72131.627.68.17062.7
Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare 99.77695.793.853.699.386.2
HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare 71.963.151.494.779.97098.2
Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Compare 70.458.757.760.782.87098.2
Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare 65.263.181.865.353.611.694.3
ASUS V701 V701ML Compare 92.958.751.495.76937.384.3

Price

Value & Pricing

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Usage Scores

Overall (40.3)AI/LLM (13.1)Gaming (7.8)Portability (44.6)Creator (13.8)Business (48.5)Developer (31.4)Home Office (43.3)Workstation (29.2)
  • Overall40.3
  • AI/LLM13.1
  • Gaming7.8
  • Portability44.6
  • Creator13.8
  • Business48.5
  • Developer31.4
  • Home Office43.3
  • Workstation29.2

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 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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