Gateway ZX6971

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gateway ZX6971 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway ZX6971
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111018
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '19 at 00:15
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G630-$37 12,397 User benchmarks, average bench 47% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 62 2-Core 124 55% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 134 18% 132 Pts	64-Core 127 8% 127 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Acer(1025 0618) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1% Terrible	Lighting 1.07 Reflection 1.42 Parallax 0.94 1% 1.14 fps	MRender 1.71 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 2 1% 1.49 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 225 230 227 230 237 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.1% Above average	Read 229 Write 238 Mixed 140 SusWrite 227 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 24.7 79% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 104 100% 157 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 M471B1G73CB0-YK0 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1067, 1067 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.2% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Gateway ZX6971

CPU
Core i3-2120Intel $75Bench 51%, 77,810 samples	15x
Pentium G630Intel $37Bench 47%, 12,397 samples	11x
Pentium G620Intel $30Bench 46%, 12,899 samples	3x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	32x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	1x

SSD
Force GS 128GBCorsair $150Bench 74%, 5,048 samples	2x
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples	1x
120GB 120GBNetacBench 61%, 1,949 samples	1x

RAM
ACR256X64D3S13C9G 2x2GBKingstonBench 38%, 1,037 samples	6x
NT2GC64B88B0NS-CG 2x2GBNanyaBench 31%, 6,518 samples	4x
ACR256X64D3S1333C9 2x2GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,134 samples	3x

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Value: 27% - Poor

Total price: $225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16