Lenovo Lenovo IdeaPad Y580

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 48.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics7.42% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% 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.
SystemLenovo Lenovo IdeaPad Y580  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO Product Name
Memory7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20121010
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateAug 18 '17 at 20:25
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU 23%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3210M-$52
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
48.6% Average
Memory 79.1
1-Core 58.9
2-Core 92
50% 76.7 Pts
4-Core 103
8-Core 140
15% 121 Pts
64-Core 140
9% 140 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 57%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660M
Legend(17AA 3977) 2GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7633
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
7.42% Terrible
Lighting 8.07
Reflection 7.65
Parallax 9.53
7% 8.42 fps
MRender 11.5
Gravity 10.3
Splatting 11.3
9% 11 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 7.42%
Great: 8%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GS2OA230 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
44.3% Average
Read 79.1
Write 75.1
Mixed 83.7
60% 79.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.42
4K Write 1.59
4K Mixed 0.16
65% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 44.3%
Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown GR1333S364L9/8G HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 12GB
666, 800 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
32.6% Below average
MC Read 11.7
MC Write 11.6
MC Mixed 9.8
32% 11 GB/s
SC Read 9.1
SC Write 7.9
SC Mixed 8.7
24% 8.57 GB/s
Latency 82.3
49% 82.3 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 Builds (Compare 186 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo Lenovo IdeaPad Y580

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