Dell OptiPlex 7040-SFF Black/Silver
CPU i7-6700
RAM 16 GB
Storage 480 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
form factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
48 Overall Score
Price CA$399
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port selection (85th percentile) 85th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average gpu (12th percentile)
- Below average cpu (17th percentile)
- Below average storage (26th percentile)
- Below average ram (33rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | i7-6700 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.4 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| Type | Integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 480 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 10 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 2x DisplayPort |
| Ethernet | No |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 7040-SFF | Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS | Apple Mac mini M4 Pro | HP OmniStudio X 32-C1014 | ASUS NUC 14 Pro | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | i7-6700 | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F | Apple M4 Pro | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 480 | 1000 | 512 | 1024 | 3072 | 1024 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | Apple M4 Pro 16-core | Intel Arc Graphics 140V | Intel Arc Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M |
| Form Factor | sff | mid-tower | mini | aio | mini | mini |
| Psu W | - | 500 | 155 | 280 | 120 | 120 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 7040-SFF | 16.6 | 12.3 | 32.8 | 84.9 | 25.5 | 70.1 | 49.2 |
| Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS Compare | 87.4 | 74.6 | 83 | 94.2 | 65.1 | 70.1 | 99.9 |
| Apple Mac mini M4 Pro Compare | 77.4 | 63.5 | 53.5 | 96.7 | 32.4 | 99.3 | 99.6 |
| HP OmniStudio X 32-C1014 Compare | 46.1 | 56.1 | 91.7 | 80.3 | 73.8 | 70.1 | 99.2 |
| ASUS NUC 14 Pro Compare | 57.3 | 56.1 | 83 | 98.3 | 95.8 | 37.4 | 87.3 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 64.6 | 58.4 | 83 | 80.3 | 58.5 | 11.7 | 95.4 |
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