Gateway FX6840

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.71% 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	The 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.
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.

System	Gateway FX6840 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway FX6840
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100517
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 00:09
Run Duration	555 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 870-$100 37,228 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 84.8 2-Core 164 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 392 43% 339 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E160) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1501.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.71% Terrible	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 9.59 9% 10 fps	MRender 8.43 Gravity 8.17 Splatting 10.6 8% 9.05 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.71% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 659GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 126 115 6683 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2386 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2332 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192597 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.1% Average	Read 80.1 Write 83.9 Mixed 71.3 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 59%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 40GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 180 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14427 (05) Reallocated sector count 186 186 110 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5522 (BE) vendor-specific 60 42 40 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 40 (C4) Reallocation count 119 119 81 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	26% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 45.8 Mixed 39.4 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.39 102% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 35%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 22.1 Mixed 24.1 31% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 716GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 22.5 Mixed 24.5 31% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 42%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1.5TB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 624GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 25.2 Write 23.7 Mixed 25.1 32% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.1 25% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 33%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 167GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 26.9 Write 22.6 Mixed 24.2 31% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.18 54% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 42%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 76GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 25.2 Mixed 26 34% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.26 32% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 61%
SanDisk Ultra USB 2.0 16GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 11GB free, PID 556c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	6.08% Terrible	Read 20.3 Write 4.85 Mixed 6.39 10% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.99 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.77 54% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.08% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 12.4 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 43%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

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System: Gateway FX6840

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	66x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	37x
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	9x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	4x

RAM
GU512303EP0202 4x2GBUnknownBench 37%, 604 samples	14x
M378B5273BH1-CH9 80CE M378B5273BH1-CH9 80CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 12GBUnknownBench 41%, 58 samples	10x
ACR256X64D3U1333C9 4x2GBKingstonBench 39%, 522 samples	8x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $427

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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