Dell Inspiron 3847

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.2% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell Inspiron 3847
MotherboardDell Inspiron 3847  (all builds)
Memory9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140403
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 22 '18 at 18:42
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User PAK-User
Background CPU 34%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
78.1% Very good
Memory 89.7
1-Core 108
2-Core 196
77% 131 Pts
4-Core 359
8-Core 535
56% 447 Pts
64-Core 575
36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
60.2% Good
Lighting 74.4
Reflection 73
Parallax 64.6
61% 70.7 fps
MRender 71.4
Gravity 71.3
Splatting 74.1
59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 56%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$174
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 84 86 95 74 89 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
51.3% Above average
Read 97.5
Write 81
Mixed 56.3
SusWrite 81.2
58% 79 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 51.3%
Great: 73%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 0420 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
46.2% Average
MC Read 16.3
MC Write 16.4
MC Mixed 13.8
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 14.1
41% 14.4 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 46%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Inspiron 3847 Builds (Compare 3,459 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $275
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