Gateway FX6840

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	57.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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System	Gateway FX6840 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway FX6840
Memory	6.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100517
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '16 at 20:35
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 165 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 388 39% 318 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 72 Parallax 63.8 60% 69.7 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 58.4 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5431 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 295 (B1) Unknown 96 96 80 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14889573120
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 3705880 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 20 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 860758 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 757137445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1061 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 73014444069 (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 89270895247420 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1549731080 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22299759710	90.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 140 Mixed 137 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE M378B5273BH1-CH9 80CE M378B5273BH1-CH9 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 42%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

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System: Gateway FX6840

CPU
Core i7 860Intel $320Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $407

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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