Dell Inspiron 3656

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Inspiron 3656  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0593VH
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160613
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 30 '19 at 21:45
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing as expected (41st 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, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
24.8% Poor
Memory 19.4
1-Core 57.6
2-Core 107
32% 61.3 Pts
4-Core 175
8-Core 167
23% 171 Pts
64-Core 166
10% 166 Pts
Poor: 22%
This bench: 24.8%
Great: 48%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 360
Dell(1028 0B04) 2GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
17% Very poor
Lighting 18.3
Reflection 27.5
Parallax 21.1
15% 22.3 fps
MRender 26.8
Gravity 16.9
Splatting 31
21% 24.9 fps
Poor: 13%
This bench: 17%
Great: 17%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABX0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 143 152 163 159 176 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
89.1% Excellent
Read 158
Write 118
Mixed 53.8
SusWrite 153
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 89.1%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
19.5% Very poor
MC Read 8.3
MC Write 5.2
MC Mixed 8.4
21% 7.3 GB/s
SC Read 3.6
SC Write 4.1
SC Mixed 5.5
13% 4.4 GB/s
Latency 325
12% 325 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 19.5%
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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