Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro, Core i5-6500, 4GB, 500GB SSD, Black
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average ram (1st percentile)
- Below average cpu (15th percentile)
- Below average gpu (21st percentile)
- Below average storage (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.5 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 4 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 500 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mini |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 6 |
| HDMI | 1 HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 1 Display Port |
| Ethernet | 1 Gigabit Network Port |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | HP OmniDesk M02-0234 | Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US | MSI Codex Z2 A8NVL-484US | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 8700G | Intel Core Ultra 7 255H | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | AMD Ryzen 7 255 |
| RAM (GB) | 4 | 96 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 500 | 1024 | 1536 | 2048 | 2048 | 1024 |
| GPU | - | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel Arc Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | AMD Radeon 780M |
| Form Factor | mini | sff | mini-tower | aio | mid-tower | mini |
| Psu W | - | - | 280 | 170 | 650 | 120 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 7040 Micro | 14.7 | 21 | 1 | 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 |
| HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare | 71.9 | 63.1 | 51.4 | 94.7 | 79.9 | 70 | 98.2 |
| Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Compare | 70.4 | 58.7 | 57.7 | 60.7 | 82.8 | 70 | 98.2 |
| MSI Codex Z2 A8NVL-484US Compare | 69.7 | 78.2 | 56.7 | 87.1 | 90.1 | 37.3 | 88.8 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 65.2 | 63.1 | 81.8 | 65.3 | 53.6 | 11.6 | 94.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall34.8
- AI/LLM9.7
- Gaming6.2
- Portability41.8
- Creator11.1
- Business39.6
- Developer25.2
- Home Office34.7
- Workstation22.4
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