Gateway FX6840

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.7% 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	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Gateway FX6840 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway FX6840
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20100517
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '16 at 20:53
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 88 2-Core 172 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 406 47% 364 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.769 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 51.1 32% 42 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 39.5 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3110947 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -59931973629371 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6371 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 314 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 63 47248769055 (C2) HDA temperature 31 63 47248769055 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3110947 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3110947 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3110947 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 87 87 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38622 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12091 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12091 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7671	37.8% Below average	Read 264 Write 71.9 Mixed 120 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 8.42 67% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 94.3 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 29 37% 66.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 44GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220215400 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8159190 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6202 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 55835426829 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 42 507227013145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 92093 (C2) HDA temperature 25 58 47244640281 (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 -28290949575177 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14714474500 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8812168481	59.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 9GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 91 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790710075 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 23167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 9455 (C0) Power-off retract count 80 80 24690 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 24690 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 266288824346 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.4% Good	Read 118 Write 121 Mixed 107 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 74%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 0GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 135 9991 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21121 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8729 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 468 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 154585 (C2) HDA temperature 122 84 30 (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 1	8.31% Terrible	Read 9.46 Write 19.3 Mixed 17.7 12% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.08 26% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 8.31% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 4x2GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 12.9 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 42%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

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 $30Bench 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: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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