Gateway FX6840

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	10.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gateway FX6840 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway FX6840
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100319
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 00:17
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 146 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 336 37% 290 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.2 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 12.4 12% 12.4 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 11 Splatting 12.2 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 145GB free Firmware: 521A SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 107 103 108 105 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 75.8 Write 158 Mixed 143 SusWrite 108 28% 121 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 17 62% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 128 104% 148 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 76 47 85 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 78.7 Write 87.7 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 76.2 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH166 802GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 175 193 194 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 147 Mixed 79 SusWrite 188 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
17 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 4.1 6.8 7 6.6 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 10.3 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 6.3 13% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 49% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5673EH1-CH9 4x2GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 43%

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Typical FX6840 Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
CS900 240GBPNY $22Bench 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: $430

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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