Dell OptiPlex 7040 2015, Core i7-6700, 4GB, 500GB SSD, Black

★★★★★ 4.8 (4)
CPU Intel Core i7-6700
RAM 4 GB
Storage 500 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Form Factor mini-tower
OS Windows 10 Home
Dell OptiPlex 7040 2015, Core i7-6700, 4GB, 500GB SSD, Black desktop
39 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th

Cons

  • Below average ram (1st percentile)
  • Below average gpu (21st percentile)
  • Below average port selection (22nd percentile)
  • Below average storage (23rd percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 25.1
GPU 20.8
RAM 1
Ports 22.3
Storage 23.1
Reliability 70
Social Proof 62.6

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 4 GB
RAM Generation DDR3
Storage 500 GB
Storage Type SSD

Build

Form Factor mini-tower
Weight 1.4 kg / 3.1 lbs

Connectivity

HDMI 1x HDMI
DisplayPort 2x DisplayPort
Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

System

OS Windows 10 Home

vs Competition

Spec Dell OptiPlex 7040 Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS HP OMEN GT16-0364 MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US iBUYPOWER Element EBI7N5701
CPU Intel Core i7-6700 Apple M3 Ultra Intel Core Ultra 7 265F AMD Ryzen 7 8700F AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Intel Core Ultra 7 265F
RAM (GB) 4 96 32 32 32 32
Storage (GB) 500 1024 1024 1024 1024 2048
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Apple M3 Ultra 60-core NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Form Factor mini-tower sff mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower mid-tower
Psu W - - 500 850 750 750
OS Windows 10 Home macOS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Home
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CPUGPURAMPortsStorageReliabilitySocial Proof
Dell OptiPlex 7040 25.120.8122.323.17062.6
Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare 99.77695.793.753.699.386.2
Lenovo Legion 90YA003GUS Compare 90.68281.793.168.97099.9
HP OMEN GT16-0364 Compare 69.789.387.29853.67099.1
MSI Aegis Z2 C7NVP-1449US Compare 74.789.387.293.768.937.382.9
iBUYPOWER Element EBI7N5701 Compare 90.689.3789890.127.299.1

Price

Value & Pricing

Price History

CA$700 CA$750 CA$800 CA$850 CA$900 CA$950 Jun 30Sep 15 CA$755

Usage Scores

Overall (38.8)AI/LLM (9.7)Gaming (6.3)Portability (42.6)Creator (10.9)Business (46.1)Developer (23.8)Home Office (41.9)Workstation (22.4)
  • Overall38.8
  • AI/LLM9.7
  • Gaming6.3
  • Portability42.6
  • Creator10.9
  • Business46.1
  • Developer23.8
  • Home Office41.9
  • Workstation22.4

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

Other Configurations16

OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-6500T8GB256GBCA$255OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-6500T8GB500GBCA$389OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-65004GB1TBCA$501OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-6700T8GB256GBCA$540OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-6700T16GB256GBCA$581OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670016GB256GBCA$589OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-670016GB512GBCA$600OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650016GB240GBCA$640OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-65008GB256GBCA$666
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OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-650032GB512GBCA$691Optiplex 7040-Toweri7-67008GB512GBCA$768OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i7-67008GB500GBCA$896OptiPlex 70403.40GHz8GB4TBCA$976OptiPlex 7040Intel Core i5-6600T16GB512GBOptiPlex 7040 MTIntel Core i7 6th Gen16GB1264GBOptiPlex 7040i5-650016GB512GB

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