Gateway FX6840

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gateway FX6840 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway FX6840
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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 860-$339 51,451 User benchmarks, average bench 64% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 74 2-Core 138 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 354 36% 293 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Nvidia(10DE 0898) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Lighting 19 Reflection 22.3 Parallax 17.2 16% 19.5 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 20.7 18% 22.1 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB-$109 1,725 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 186 186 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 59 47 227634446377 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	64.3% Good	Read 245 Write 253 Mixed 263 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 33.3 99% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 89.1 89% 143 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217261952 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5644373 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8647 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 656474151 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13542 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 73014444071 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -94991791685121 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6170631962 (F2) Unknown 100 253 426212867241	95.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 152 Mixed 148 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 209GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 94 32839648 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1495 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 51 12030573099623 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1495 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 234 (BC) Unknown 100 99 47245361163 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 42 3935015206961 (C2) HDA temperature 49 58 81604378673 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 22 32839648 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119778047902659 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1973651254 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1340113600	49.2% Average	Read 84.2 Write 87.3 Mixed 80.1 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.38 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 50GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90398768 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10909 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37140916 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 49 38 1512687206451 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39814 (C2) HDA temperature 51 62 -140737488355277 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -60932701022898 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27489067957954 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -19088379404052	62.2% Good	Read 103 Write 114 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.35 77% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 114%
WD 5000AAD External 500GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 108GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 27 Mixed 14.2 29% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.29 83% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 12.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 22%

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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 $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $25Bench 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: $426

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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