Gateway DX4840

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gateway DX4840 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway DX4840
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100319
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '16 at 19:57
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 540-$60 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 66.5 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 113 50% 82.5 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 187 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz) 20,588 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 0427) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.93% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1.31 Parallax 0.91 1% 1.07 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.36 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.93% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3266881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -43980465110633 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 43 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 36 81606737948 (C2) HDA temperature 28 36 81606737948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3266881 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3266881 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3266881 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 626 (EA) Unknown 0 0 340 (F1) Unknown 0 0 340 (F2) Unknown 0 0 205 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3014663	49.5% Average	Read 253 Write 118 Mixed 169 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 18 90% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 21.6 44% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 419GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 65 89308335 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 179 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 598045 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 487915549 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 206 (C2) HDA temperature 29 17 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 89308335 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 47906065219931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 201336914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 132253316	90.4% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 161 Mixed 146 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.27 92% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR256X64D3U1333C9 4x2GB 522 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 12.3 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.1 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 52%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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