Gateway DX4840

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics4.54% 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.
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.
SystemGateway DX4840  (all builds)
MotherboardGateway DX4840
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20100517
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 09 '22 at 20:59
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5 650-$70
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
49.9% Average
Memory 64.7
1-Core 83.1
2-Core 148
57% 98.6 Pts
4-Core 204
8-Core 203
27% 204 Pts
64-Core 203
13% 203 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 49.9%
Great: 53%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5570
Sapphire(174B E142) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1055.0
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
4.54% Terrible
Lighting 5.7
Reflection 6.7
Parallax 5
5% 5.8 fps
MRender 5.9
Gravity 4.4
Splatting 5.5
4% 5.27 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.54%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MN6OA5Q0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 135 121 133 135 129 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Read 123
Write 131
Mixed 73
SusWrite 130
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB
558GB free
Firmware: JEDOA60B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 91 89 94 94 91 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
52.5% Above average
Read 92.3
Write 63.9
Mixed 44.6
SusWrite 90.8
53% 72.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 52.5%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Apacer AP38G1338U2K 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
27.6% Poor
MC Read 10.2
MC Write 8.5
MC Mixed 10.1
27% 9.6 GB/s
SC Read 7.7
SC Write 6.2
SC Mixed 7
20% 6.97 GB/s
Latency 114
35% 114 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 27.6%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical DX4840 Builds (Compare 69 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: Gateway DX4840

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $98
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HDDRAMUSB
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