Gateway SX2840

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	43.4% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gateway SX2840 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway FIH57
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100403
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '20 at 05:09
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 530-$45 16,724 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 59.6 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 111 48% 79.4 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 148 21% 153 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B 0640) ≥ 4GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 7.78 6% 7.24 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 8.77 Splatting 9.3 7% 8.64 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 191 82 51 51 49 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.4% Average	Read 232 Write 163 Mixed 176 SusWrite 97.7 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 18.8 69% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 99.7 90% 137 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 88%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 31 Write 25.2 Mixed 15 SusWrite 23.4 31% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 33% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 49%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 5.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	9.2% Terrible	Read 30 Write 3.5 Mixed 10 SusWrite 4.7 12% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.6 100% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hitachi HU524303EP0200 Toshiba ACR256X64D3U1333C9 Toshiba ACR256X64D3U1333C9 Toshiba KP223C-ELD 8GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.1% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 11.2 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 6.3 15% 5.23 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns

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

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Typical SX2840 Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

System: Gateway SX2840

CPU
Core i3 530Intel $45Bench 46%, 16,724 samples	8x
Core i3 550Intel $110Bench 47%, 19,058 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	8x
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	1x

SSD
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	2x
Solid State Disk 512GBSpccBench 71%, 30,264 samples	2x
JAJS600M256C 256GBBench 69%, 1,795 samples	1x

RAM
M378B2873EH1-CH9 M378B5673EH1-CH9 M378B2873EH1-CH9 M378B5673EH1-CH9 6GBSamsungBench 33%, 30 samples	2x
NT2GC64B88G0NF-CG 2x2GBNanyaBench 45%, 1,389 samples	1x
M378B5673EH1-CH9 1x2GBSamsungBench 21%, 247 samples	1x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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