Gateway FX6860

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.95% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
Run History
SystemGateway FX6860  (all builds)
MotherboardGateway FX6860
Memory3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20110419
Uptime13.1 Days
Run DateAug 31 '19 at 10:27
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600-$197
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
73% Very good
Memory 91.5
1-Core 88
2-Core 172
70% 117 Pts
4-Core 296
8-Core 456
46% 376 Pts
64-Core 453
28% 453 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 73%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5750
Sapphire(174B EA60) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.0
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
8.95% Terrible
Lighting 11.7
Reflection 9.23
Parallax 9.75
10% 10.2 fps
MRender 8.9
Gravity 8.37
Splatting 11
8% 9.41 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 8.95%
Great: 9%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88
787GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC4H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 96 92 101 109 108 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
61.8% Good
Read 121
Write 105
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 94.8
70% 94.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unifosa GU512303EP0202 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
47.5% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 16.6
MC Mixed 14.7
45% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 15.2
SC Mixed 15.8
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 65
62% 65 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 47.5%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical FX6860 Builds (Compare 108 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

System: Gateway FX6860

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $306
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