Gateway DX4840

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gateway DX4840 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway DX4840
Memory	8.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100517
Uptime	20.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 17:35
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 137 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 335 35% 283 Pts	64-Core 297 18% 297 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 5470 185 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PwrHis(1787 3000) 1GB Driver: ddumd.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.94% Terrible	Lighting 1.07 Reflection 1.35 Parallax 1.5 1% 1.3 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.29 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.94% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$81 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5T1ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 166 179 178 180 179 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.9% Above average	Read 235 Write 204 Mixed 200 SusWrite 177 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 22.1 80% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 147 119% 169 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 458GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 105 104 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 106 Write 100 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 105 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 137 135 137 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 137 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 167GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 65 65 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 61 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 65.6 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 80AD HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 80AD HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 80AD HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 20GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.1% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Gateway DX4840

CPU
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	20x
Core i3 550Intel $110Bench 47%, 19,058 samples	18x
Core i3 540Intel $60Bench 46%, 24,563 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	14x
GeForce 315NvidiaBench 2%, 2,008 samples	5x
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	6x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	2x

RAM
ACR256X64D3U1333C9 4x2GBKingstonBench 39%, 522 samples	12x
GU512303EP0202 4x2GBUnknownBench 37%, 604 samples	6x
DBLT4GN128S 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 5 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $98

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16