Bundled Software and Performance
The same custom desktop theme from the gaming FX desktop makes an appearance on the SX system. As for preloaded software, Gateway unfortunately bogs down the system with too much unnecessary baggage. The few bundled titles that I would consider useful include CyberLink PowerDVD 9, Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 trial and Nero 9 Essentials.
Other less desirable software includes eBay Worldwide, Gateway Games, Google Toolbar, Norton Internet Security, Norton Online Backup and a Netflix shortcut. Your opinion on these may vary, of course. Gateway's software tools include Photo Frame, Recovery Management, Registration, ScreenSaver, Updater, Welcome Center and Identity Card.
Below we have included some reference benchmark results from the several tests that were run on the SX2311-03 to give you an idea of how its processor, graphics system, hard drive and memory system perform under load.
Hardware:
- AMD Phenom II X4 820 (2.8GHz, 6MB L2 cache)
- x2 2GB DDR3 (4GB total)
- Gateway motherboard with Nvidia GeForce 9200 chipset
- Integrated Nvidia GeForce 9200
- 1TB SATA hard drive (Western Digital Caviar GreenPower 5400 RPM)
- 220W Power Supply
- 16X DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti Drive
Software:
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Score | |
3DMark 06 (1280 x 1024) | |
3DMark Score | 1331 3DMarks |
CPU Score | 3946 |
PCMark Vantage (1024 x 768) | |
PCMark Score | 5538 PCMarks |
Memories Suite | 2944 |
TV and Movies Suite | 4216 |
Gaming Suite | 3099 |
Music Suite | 5669 |
Communications Suite | 5479 |
Productivity Suite | 5504 |
HDD Test Suite | 3680 |
Super PI Mod 1.5 | |
1M test | 0m 24.850 sec |
4M test | 2m 17.935 sec |
Sandra processor arithmetic | |
Agregate arithmetic performance | 37.6 GOPS |
Dhrystone ALU | 42.72 GIPS |
Whetstone iSSE3 | 32.5 GFLOPS |
Sandra processor multimedia | |
Aggregate multimedia performance | 105 MPixel/s |
Multimedia Integer x16 iSSE2 | 131 MPixel/s |
Multimedia Float x8 iSSE2 | 79 MPixel/s |
Multimedia Double x4 iSSE2 | 43.41 MPixel/s |
Sandra memory bandwidth | |
Aggregate Memory Performance | 11.26 GB/s |
Integer Buff'd iSSE2 Memory Bandwidth | 11.29 GB/s |
Float Buff'd iSSE2 Memory Bandwidth | 12.24 GB/s |
Sandra memory latency | |
Memory Latency | 87 ns |
Speed Factor | 81.20 |
Sandra file systems | |
Drive Score | 103.23 MB/s |
Random Access Time | 2.16 ms |
Score | |
Crysis (Lowest graphics settings) | |
1024 x 768, no AA/AF | 22.4fps |
1280 x 1024, no AA/AF | 16.1 fps |
Unreal Tournament 3 (Coret level, lowest graphics settings) | |
1024 x 768 | 36.91 fps |
1280 x 1024 | 23.06 fps |