Gateway FX6840

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gateway FX6840 (all builds)
Motherboard	Gateway FX6840
Memory	3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100319
Uptime	11.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '19 at 20:23
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 132 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 322 35% 280 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.46% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.62 0% 1.17 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.51 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.46% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 987GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 38 28 37 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 15.7 Write 39 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 42.4 22% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 55%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 84GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 66 70 67 70 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 74.3 Write 69 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 69.8 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 69%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 166GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 14 14 14 14 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	9.57% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 18.8 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 13.9 13% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.4 129% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 9.57% Great: 66%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 428GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 13 13 12 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 17.7 Write 19.5 Mixed 18.3 SusWrite 12.8 23% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE M378B5273BH1-CH9 80CE M378B5673FH0-CH9 80CE M378B5273BH1-CH9 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.5% Poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 5.8 18% 6.43 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 41%

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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 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 $28Bench 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: $426

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16