Dell Inspiron 3656

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics5.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell Inspiron 3656  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0R1PCR
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160613
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 17 '18 at 15:33
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A10-8700P Radeon R6, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
46.9% Average
Memory 63.4
1-Core 60
2-Core 106
47% 76.3 Pts
4-Core 179
8-Core 172
24% 175 Pts
64-Core 176
11% 176 Pts
Poor: 15%
This bench: 46.9%
Great: 43%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Dell(1028 06F4) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
5.92% Terrible
Lighting 7.13
Reflection 10.3
Parallax 9.09
6% 8.83 fps
MRender 6.62
Gravity 6.83
Splatting 8.52
6% 7.32 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 5.92%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31
126GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 197 194 201 192 194 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
62.5% Good
Read 460
Write 264
Mixed 205
SusWrite 200
63% 282 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 43.2
4K Mixed 25.5
86% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 59
DQ Mixed 66.8
61% 96.7 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 62.5%
Great: 105%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
551GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 78 78 72 79 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
25.8% Poor
Read 12.5
Write 1.7
Mixed 20.2
SusWrite 77.2
20% 27.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.1
40% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 25.8%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.2% Below average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 8.8
MC Mixed 15.8
39% 13.6 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 7.6
SC Mixed 10.4
24% 8.4 GB/s
Latency 118
34% 118 ns
Poor: 19%
This bench: 37.2%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Inspiron 3656 Builds (Compare 60 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Inspiron 3656

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