Dell Inspiron 3847

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 44.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics4.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemDell Inspiron 3847
MotherboardDell Inspiron 3847  (all builds)
Memory5.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150629
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateJul 08 '18 at 04:19
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 97%

 PC Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4460-$194
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
44.7% Average
Memory 61.5
1-Core 62
2-Core 108
47% 77.2 Pts
4-Core 152
8-Core 226
24% 189 Pts
64-Core 245
15% 245 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 44.7%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670
PwrHis(1787 2014) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
4.95% Terrible
Lighting 5.83
Reflection 5.5
Parallax 6.31
5% 5.88 fps
MRender 6.24
Gravity 5.57
Splatting 7.35
5% 6.38 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 4.95%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
245GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA7S0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 108 103 106 112 115 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
63.7% Good
Read 114
Write 114
Mixed 32
SusWrite 108
67% 92 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 63.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
31.9% Below average
MC Read 11.2
MC Write 13.2
MC Mixed 11.2
34% 11.9 GB/s
SC Read 4.6
SC Write 7.2
SC Mixed 5.7
17% 5.83 GB/s
Latency 123
32% 123 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 31.9%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Inspiron 3847 Builds (Compare 3,465 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell Inspiron 3847

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