Gateway DX4870

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
SystemGateway DX4870  (all builds)
MotherboardGateway IPIMB-AR
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 26 '21 at 17:54
Run Duration239 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 82.7
1-Core 105
2-Core 195
73% 127 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 510
54% 432 Pts
64-Core 516
32% 516 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.13
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 119
Parallax 129
113% 129 fps
MRender 144
Gravity 106
Splatting 85.6
88% 112 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 104%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
440GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 118 124 141 145 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
51.1% Above average
Read 65.7
Write 85
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 112
63% 84.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 51.1%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
342GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 110 131 127 132 132 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
72.4% Very good
Read 128
Write 143
Mixed 97.3
SusWrite 124
91% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40
147GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 93 90 95 95 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
59.7% Above average
Read 116
Write 91.6
Mixed 77.1
SusWrite 91.2
70% 94.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 59.7%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
54.3% Above average
MC Read 20.4
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 17.5
53% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 16.7
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 75.6
53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 54.3%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical DX4870 Builds (Compare 297 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: Gateway DX4870

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