Dell OptiPlex 7040, Core i5-6500, 8GB, 360GB SSD, Black

★★★★☆ 4.4 (4)
CPU Intel Core i5
RAM 8 GB
Storage 360 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
Dell OptiPlex 7040, Core i5-6500, 8GB, 360GB SSD, Black desktop
37 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong port selection (82nd percentile) 82nd
  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average ram (9th percentile)
  • Below average cpu (15th percentile)
  • Below average gpu (21st percentile)
  • Below average storage (22nd percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 14.6
GPU 20.9
RAM 9.2
Ports 82
Storage 22
Reliability 70
Social Proof 33.3

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

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

Graphics

GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Type Integrated

Memory & Storage

RAM 8 GB
RAM Generation DDR4
Storage 360 GB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor sff

Connectivity

USB Ports 10
HDMI 1 HDMI
DisplayPort 2 DisplayPort
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps

System

OS Windows 10 Pro

vs Competition

Spec Dell OptiPlex 7040 Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra HP OmniDesk M02-0234 MSI Aegis Z2 A8NVL-1610US Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Thermaltake View i560T-170 V17B-B76B-56T-LCS
CPU Intel Core i5 Apple M3 Ultra AMD Ryzen 7 8700G AMD Ryzen 7 8700F Intel Core Ultra 7 255H Intel Core i7-14700F
RAM (GB) 8 96 16 16 16 16
Storage (GB) 360 1024 1536 3072 2048 1024
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Apple M3 Ultra 60-core AMD Radeon 780M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Intel Arc Graphics NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
Form Factor sff sff mini-tower mid-tower aio tower
Psu W - - 280 650 170 600
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 14.620.99.282227033.3
Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare 99.776.195.793.853.699.386.2
HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare 71.963.251.494.779.87098.2
MSI Aegis Z2 A8NVL-1610US Compare 69.778.356.790.696.537.399.9
Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Compare 70.458.757.760.782.87098.2
Thermaltake View i560T-170 V17B-B76B-56T-LCS Compare 84.68256.798.268.911.697

Price

Value & Pricing

We started tracking prices for this product on Aug 15, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.

Usage Scores

Overall (36.9)AI/LLM (9.1)Gaming (6.7)Portability (44.1)Creator (12)Business (39.1)Developer (29)Home Office (34)Workstation (24.6)
  • Overall36.9
  • AI/LLM9.1
  • Gaming6.7
  • Portability44.1
  • Creator12
  • Business39.1
  • Developer29
  • Home Office34
  • Workstation24.6

A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.

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 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 7040 SFF Desktop TowerIntel Core i7-67008GB512GBBlackCA$606OptiPlex 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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