Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.46% 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 Drive133% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180619
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateNov 05 '18 at 15:32
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8550U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 80.2
1-Core 126
2-Core 252
84% 153 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 310
50% 358 Pts
64-Core 624
39% 624 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39F0) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.46% Terrible
Lighting 8.07
Reflection 10.8
Parallax 8.16
7% 9.02 fps
MRender 8.33
Gravity 7.4
Splatting 15.9
9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.46%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GB
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80001E00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 315 317 316 317 316 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Read 1,017
Write 615
Mixed 771
SusWrite 316
151% 680 MB/s
4K Read 44.3
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 37.3
182% 69.7 MB/s
DQ Read 521
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 294
250% 372 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 133%
Great: 163%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 4ATS1G64HZ-2G3A1 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
41.6% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 14.4
MC Mixed 10.8
40% 13.9 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 13.9
40% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 80.1
50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 41.6%
Great: 41%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CU Builds (Compare 466 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81CU

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