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 (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong social proof (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average ram (8th percentile)
- Below average cpu (9th percentile)
- Below average storage (19th percentile)
- Below average port selection (24th 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 | Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US | HP ProDesk 600 G4 SFF | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | BOSGAME P3 | Apple iMac MMQA2LL/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 | Intel Core Ultra 7 255H | 3.00GHz | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Intel 7th Generation Core i5 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 8 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 2048 | 1024 | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 |
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | AMD Radeon 780M | AMD Radeon 680M | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 |
| Form Factor | sff | aio | sff | mini | mini | aio |
| Psu W | - | 170 | - | 120 | 65 | - |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | macOS |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 5040 SFF | 9.1 | 95.1 | 8.1 | 24.1 | 18.9 | 69.8 | 82.6 |
| Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Compare | 67.9 | 52.4 | 57.4 | 65.9 | 84.6 | 69.8 | 99.1 |
| HP ProDesk 600 G4 SFF Compare | 21.9 | 95.1 | 64 | 86.2 | 56.9 | 69.8 | 60.6 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 63.8 | 54.7 | 82.7 | 69.7 | 56.9 | 11.1 | 95.3 |
| BOSGAME P3 Compare | 51.8 | 51.6 | 77.2 | 56.7 | 72.6 | 11.1 | 93.8 |
| Apple iMac MMQA2LL/A Compare | 38.1 | 38.5 | 8.1 | 48.1 | 46.2 | 99.4 | 86.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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