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Dell OptiPlex 3070

8th/9th Gen Intel Core business desktop sold as Tower, Small Form Factor and Micro chassis on the Intel H370 chipset. This entry draws on Dell's OptiPlex 3070 Small Form Factor Setup and Specifications guide, which tabulates CPU, memory and storage support across all three chassis, plus the Tower-specific Setup and Specifications pages for physical dimensions and power.

Memory

Slots
2 DIMM (SODIMM on Micro)
Type
DDR4 Non-ECC
Speed
2666 MHz on i5/i7 (2400 MHz on Celeron, Pentium and i3)
Minimum
4 GB
Maximum
32 GB (all chassis)
Maximum per slot
16 GB
DIMMs/channel
2 on Tower/SFF; 1 on Micro
Configurations
4 GB (1x4), 8 GB (1x8 or 2x4), 16 GB (1x16 or 2x8), 32 GB (2x16)

Storage

Optical drive bay
1 slim optical drive (Tower and SFF only; not on Micro)
Internal HDD bays
Tower: 1 x 3.5" + 2 x 2.5"; SFF: 1 x 3.5" or 1 x 2.5"; Micro: 1 x 2.5"
3.5" HDD
500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB, 7200 RPM (Tower/SFF only)
2.5" HDD
500 GB (5400 RPM), 1 TB (7200 RPM) or 2 TB (5400 RPM)
2.5" self-encrypting HDD
512 GB, 7200 RPM
2.5" SSD
512 GB, only as a secondary drive paired with an M.2 SSD as primary
M.2 SSD (Class 35)
128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB, PCIe NVMe
M.2 SSD (Class 40, PCIe C40)
256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB
Intel Optane memory
16 GB M.2 2280, PCIe Gen 2, cache/accelerator only (not additional storage)

Graphics

Integrated
Intel UHD 630 (8th Gen Core i3/i5/i7) or Intel UHD 610 (Pentium) on CPU, shared system memory
Discrete option 1 (Tower/SFF only)
2 GB AMD Radeon R5 430
Discrete option 2 (Tower/SFF only)
4 GB AMD Radeon RX 550
Discrete option 3 (Tower/SFF only)
2 GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Card profile
Tower supports full-height (FH) cards; Small Form Factor supports low-profile (LP) cards; not available on Micro

Expansion

PCIe x16
1 slot (Tower/SFF; PCIe 3.0); 1 slot integrated-graphics-only on Micro; 0 on Micro with discrete graphics
PCIe x1
3 slots (Tower); 1 slot (SFF); 0 (Micro)
M.2 Socket 3 (SSD)
1 x 2230/2280 slot (SATA/PCIe SSD or Optane), all chassis
M.2 Socket 1 (WLAN)
1 x 2230 slot for the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card, all chassis

Networking

Ethernet
Realtek RTL8111HSD-CG, 10/100/1000 Mbps
Wi-Fi option 1
Qualcomm QCA9377, dual-band 1x1 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.1
Wi-Fi option 2
Qualcomm QCA61x4A, dual-band 2x2 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2
Wi-Fi option 3
Intel Wireless-AC 9560, dual-band 2x2 802.11ac with MU-MIMO + Bluetooth 5

Power

Tower PSU
260 W internal PSU
Small Form Factor PSU
200 W internal PSU
Micro adapter
65 W external adapter
Input voltage
90-264 VAC, 47-63 Hz (all chassis)
Input current
Tower 4.2 A/2.1 A; SFF 3.2 A/1.6 A; Micro 1.7 A/1.0 A (low/high line)

Ports

USB (Tower/SFF)
2 front + 2 rear USB 2.0; 2 front + 2 rear USB 3.1 Gen 1
USB (Micro)
2 rear USB 2.0 (0 front); 2 front + 2 rear USB 3.1 Gen 1
Video
1 x DisplayPort 1.2 (rear); 1 x HDMI 1.4 (rear); optional 3rd video port: VGA, DP or HDMI 2.0b
Audio
1 x line-out (Tower/SFF rear, Micro front); 1 x universal audio jack (front, all chassis)
Network
1 x RJ-45 (rear, all chassis)
Serial
Optional PCIe or PS/2 add-in serial port

Physical

Tower dimensions
350 x 154 x 274 mm (13.8 x 6.1 x 10.8 in); chassis volume 14.77 L; weight 7.93 kg (17.49 lb)
Small Form Factor dimensions
292 x 92.7 x 292.1 mm (11.42 x 3.65 x 11.50 in); chassis volume 7.8 L; weight 5.26 kg (11.57 lb)
Micro dimensions
~182 x 36 x 178 mm (7.2 x 1.4 x 7.0 in); chassis volume 1.16 L; weight 1.18 kg (2.60 lb)
Shipping weight (Tower)
9.43 kg (20.96 lb), includes packaging

Management

Chipset security
24 KB TPM 2.0 on chipset; BIOS SPI flash 32 MB
NIC EEPROM
LOM configuration contained within LOM e-fuse; no dedicated LOM EEPROM

Operating systems

Windows
Windows 10 Home (64-bit); Windows 10 Pro (64-bit); Windows 10 Pro National Academic; Windows 10 Home National Academic; Windows 10 China
Linux
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-bit)
China
Neokylin v6.0

Processors

  • Intel Celeron G4930
  • Intel Celeron G4930T
  • Intel Pentium G5420
  • Intel Pentium G5420T
  • Intel Pentium G5600
  • Intel Pentium G5600T
  • Intel Core i3-9100
  • Intel Core i3-9100T
  • Intel Core i3-9300
  • Intel Core i3-9300T
  • Intel Core i5-9400
  • Intel Core i5-9400T
  • Intel Core i5-9500
  • Intel Core i5-9500T
  • Intel Core i7-9700
  • Intel Core i7-9700T
  • Intel Core i7-8700
  • Intel Core i5-8500
  • Intel Core i5-8400
  • Intel Core i3-8300
  • Intel Core i3-8100
  • Intel Pentium Gold G5500
  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400
  • Intel Celeron G4900
  • Intel Core i7-8700T
  • Intel Core i5-8500T
  • Intel Core i5-8400T
  • Intel Core i3-8300T
  • Intel Core i3-8100T
  • Intel Pentium Gold G5500T
  • Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
  • Intel Celeron G4900T