Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF
CPU Intel Core i5-6500
RAM 8 GB
Storage 256 GB
GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
form factor sff
OS Windows 10 Pro
45 Overall Score
Price $129
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong gpu (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong social proof (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong reliability (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average storage (21st percentile)
- Below average port selection (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM | 48 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
Connectivity
| HDMI | 2 DisplayPort, 1 HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 2 DisplayPort, 1 HDMI |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q | HP EliteDesk HP | Apple iMac 21.5" Certified Refurbished | ASUS V500 V500MVC-I51TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core i5 12400T | Intel Core i9 11900K | Intel 7th Generation Core i5 | Intel Core i5 13420H |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 1024 | 756 | 1012 | 1000 | 1000 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel HD Graphics | AMD Integrated Radeon Graphics | AMD Radeon Pro 555 | Intel UHD Graphics |
| Form Factor | sff | mini | mini | mini-tower | aio | mini-tower |
| Psu W | - | 120 | - | - | - | 180 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF | 8.6 | 95.7 | 8.9 | 25.5 | 20.6 | 70.6 | 81.8 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 64 | 56.2 | 82.5 | 70.3 | 57.7 | 11.8 | 95 |
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M710Q Compare | 37.4 | 95.7 | 31.4 | 96.3 | 46.3 | 70.6 | 63.9 |
| HP EliteDesk HP Compare | 56.8 | 95.7 | 15.6 | 94.1 | 48.8 | 70.6 | 96.2 |
| Apple iMac 21.5" Certified Refurbished Compare | 50.3 | 44.8 | 8.9 | 73.5 | 46.9 | 99.3 | 91.2 |
| ASUS V500 V500MVC-I51TB Compare | 39.6 | 31.3 | 54.4 | 78.1 | 51.5 | 38 | 98.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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