Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 40.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.18% 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 Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 88% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Lenovo 81CU (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 02:45
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 125 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 21.9 8-Core 366 18% 194 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 39F0) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.18% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 6.97 6% 8.52 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7 Splatting 15 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.18% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 1TB 2,578 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 707GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1115D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 252 241 229 245 304 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 694 Write 968 Mixed 640 SusWrite 284 146% 647 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 16.8 88% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 788 DQ Mixed 534 483% 736 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 259%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 8502 PSD48G240081S 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.4% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 1.6 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 2.7 8% 2.77 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 74%

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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 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81CU

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	379x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	88x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	347x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	114x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	99x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	65x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	57x

RAM
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 2,119 samples	73x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Ramaxel RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 290 samples	60x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GBSamsungBench 71%, 305 samples	39x

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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16