Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.64% 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	268% 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.
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.

CPU throttled at 89% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81CU (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 19:55
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 656 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 24.1 Parallax 8.09 6% 13.4 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1755 925 613 612 612 614 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,286 Write 1,991 Mixed 1,402 SusWrite 855 365% 1,634 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 81.6 274% 95.1 MB/s	DQ Read 934 DQ Write 819 DQ Mixed 863 651% 872 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 296%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMAA51S6AMR6N-UH HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GB 387 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 77%

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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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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 81CU

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	379x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	86x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	345x
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	64x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	57x

RAM
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 2,119 samples	72x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Ramaxel RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 290 samples	60x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GBSamsungBench 71%, 305 samples	39x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16