Dell OptiPlex Refurbished Excellent 7040 SFF Black 2016
The 32GB of DDR4 RAM and a dual-drive setup with a 1TB NVMe SSD plus 2TB HDD make this a capable multitasking workhorse for its class. Its compact SFF chassis saves desk space while supporting triple 4K displays via dual DisplayPort and HDMI, and the addition of Wi-Fi 6E provides modern wireless connectivity. This refurbished desktop is best for office workers and business users needing a budget-friendly, multi-monitor productivity station for data-heavy tasks.
CPU Intel Core i7 6700
RAM 32 GB
Storage 3 TB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
form factor sff
OS Windows 11 Pro
79 Overall Score
Price $429
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong storage (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong gpu (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong social proof (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average cpu (17th percentile)
The proof
Performance
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 |
| VRAM | 48 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage 1 | 1 TB |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD |
| Storage 2 | 2 TB |
| Storage 2 Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
| Weight | 6.0 kg / 13.3 lbs |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 2x DisplayPort |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| Ethernet | 1x Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex Refurbished Excellent 7040 SFF | HP OmniDesk M02-0144 | Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS | Apple Mac mini M4 | ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI | MSI Codex Z2 A8NVL-484US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i7 6700 | AMD Ryzen 7 8700G | Intel Core Ultra 7 265F | Apple M4 | Intel Core Ultra 7 | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 16 |
| Storage (GB) | 3072 | 2048 | 1000 | 256 | 3072 | 2048 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | AMD Radeon 780M | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060Ti | Apple M4 10-core | Intel Arc Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Form Factor | sff | mid-tower | mid-tower | mini | mini | mid-tower |
| Psu W | - | 280 | 500 | 155 | 120 | 650 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex Refurbished Excellent 7040 SFF | 17.1 | 95 | 63.9 | 48.9 | 95.8 | 70 | 93.5 |
| HP OmniDesk M02-0144 Compare | 70.2 | 54.2 | 79 | 99.4 | 84.5 | 70 | 89.5 |
| Lenovo Legion Tower 5i 90YA003GUS Compare | 87.3 | 71.4 | 82.7 | 94.2 | 50.7 | 70 | 99.9 |
| Apple Mac mini M4 Compare | 54 | 56.2 | 30.4 | 96.8 | 13 | 99.4 | 99.9 |
| ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI Compare | 56 | 51.9 | 82.7 | 98.3 | 95.8 | 37 | 87 |
| MSI Codex Z2 A8NVL-484US Compare | 68.6 | 71.4 | 56.5 | 89 | 91.4 | 37 | 79.8 |
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