Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 29%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics25.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive256% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180619
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateSep 18 '18 at 23:01
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Memory 80.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 244
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 606
67% 530 Pts
64-Core 612
38% 612 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050 (Mobile)
Legend(17AA 39AB) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9924
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
25.7% Poor
Lighting 33.3
Reflection 24.1
Parallax 28.6
27% 28.6 fps
MRender 34.4
Gravity 31
Splatting 21.5
23% 29 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 25.7%
Great: 25%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
389GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 638 638 638 640 623 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
256% Outstanding
Read 2,314
Write 1,890
Mixed 1,308
SusWrite 662
344% 1,543 MB/s
4K Read 61.8
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 76
266% 93.3 MB/s
DQ Read 982
DQ Write 847
DQ Mixed 908
682% 912 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 256%
Great: 296%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
73.3% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 20.8
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 24.9
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 79.6
50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CU Builds (Compare 465 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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