Lenovo 81C4

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.72% 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	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

CPU throttled at 90% 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.

Run History

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

System	Lenovo 81C4 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	4.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '20 at 21:12
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 66.8 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 146 55% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 455 44% 361 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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 3803) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6346 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8.06 7% 9.22 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GB 7,301 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80001E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 202 206 190 213 231 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 381 Write 179 Mixed 242 SusWrite 205 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 33.5 125% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 249 189% 267 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 163%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD M471A5244CB0-CTD 12GB 801 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 16.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 17.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 71%

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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 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81C4

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	285x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	27x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	295x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	4x

SSD
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	76x
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GBWDCBench 195%, 3,929 samples	63x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	53x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	135x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,611 samples	63x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD M471A5244CB0-CTD 12GBSamsungBench 57%, 801 samples	61x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16