Dell Inspiron 3656

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago.
SystemDell Inspiron 3656  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0593VH
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150908
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateApr 07 '17 at 04:40
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8800P Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
36.5% Below average
Memory 42
1-Core 62
2-Core 116
41% 73.4 Pts
4-Core 180
8-Core 178
24% 179 Pts
64-Core 178
11% 178 Pts
Poor: 22%
This bench: 36.5%
Great: 48%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
72.7% Very good
Lighting 87.6
Reflection 106
Parallax 90.3
71% 94.6 fps
MRender 92.5
Gravity 89.3
Splatting 93
75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABX0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
75.5% Very good
Read 158
Write 105
Mixed 184
114% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.78
4K Write 1.83
4K Mixed 0.22
90% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
19% Very poor
MC Read 7.7
MC Write 5.1
MC Mixed 7.6
19% 6.8 GB/s
SC Read 4
SC Write 4.4
SC Mixed 5.1
13% 4.5 GB/s
Latency 193
21% 193 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 19%
Great: 61%

 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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