Dell Inspiron 3656

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics5.25% 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 Drive77.7% 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Inspiron 3656  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 00W6FD
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150908
Uptime2.7 Days
Run DateNov 16 '18 at 16:39
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A8-8600P Radeon R6, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
45.9% Average
Memory 65.2
1-Core 55.5
2-Core 95.7
45% 72.1 Pts
4-Core 155
8-Core 160
21% 158 Pts
64-Core 159
10% 159 Pts
Poor: 21%
This bench: 45.9%
Great: 48%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Dell(1028 06F4) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
5.25% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 8.77
Parallax 8.84
5% 7.94 fps
MRender 6.33
Gravity 6
Splatting 7.91
6% 6.75 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 5.25%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
414GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 305 319 257 239 238 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
77.7% Very good
Read 408
Write 384
Mixed 260
SusWrite 276
74% 332 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 62.4
4K Mixed 31.4
108% 38.9 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 219
172% 238 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 99%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 992025 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
35.9% Below average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 8.8
MC Mixed 14.7
37% 13 GB/s
SC Read 6.7
SC Write 8.2
SC Mixed 10.6
24% 8.5 GB/s
Latency 113
35% 113 ns

 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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