Gateway DX4870

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gateway DX4870 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway IPIMB-AR
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '23 at 00:23
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3240 37,789 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 60.3 2-Core 109 49% 79.5 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 197 27% 198 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% HP(103C 8789) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 80.9 73% 85.7 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 70.9 69% 86.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1003YAM1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 14 Write 47.4 Mixed 23.1 21% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 61%
Seagate BUP Slim 2TB 10,173 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 341GB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 28 29 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 50.9 Write 25.7 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 27.5 23% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.7 186% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 70%
WD WD2500LPLX-75ZNTT0 250GB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 229GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 95 98 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.1 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 96.9 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 370GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 9.8 9.4 9 8.1 9.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 32% Great: 75%
SDHC Card 4GB 2,629 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 20.7 Write 11.9 Mixed 15.2 19% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.2 78% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 11%
WDC WD64 01AALS-00L3B2 640GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 577GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 38 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 38.4 Mixed 34 SusWrite 37.6 50% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 83% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 17 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	45	20	60	22"	1280 720	ACRADA1 AL2216W

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 3%

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System: Gateway DX4870

CPU
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	92x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	54x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	24x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	71x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	42x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	24x

SSD
WDBNCE5000PNC 500GBWDCBench 94%, 17,781 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
860 Pro 512GBSamsung $150Bench 110%, 16,934 samples	7x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG 6GBNanyaBench 32%, 297 samples	13x
NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG 2x4GBNanyaBench 47%, 2,338 samples	12x
ACR512X64D3U16C11G 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 749 samples	10x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16