Lenovo IdeaPad Z470

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Lenovo IdeaPad Z470 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO KL6
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110505
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '17 at 18:41
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2410M-$160 46,742 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	46.2% Average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 35.2 2-Core 50.1 38% 53.1 Pts	4-Core 108 8-Core 117 15% 112 Pts	64-Core 69.9 4% 69.9 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 3975) 2GB Driver: nvumdshimx.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	1.98% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 1.47 2% 2.71 fps	MRender 2.86 Gravity 1.2 Splatting 4.09 2% 2.71 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.98% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4731 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1371 (A5) Unknown 100 100 163289105473 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 223 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 72 309238759463 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3345815831307 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3949 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11161 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8974 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14625 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.1% Above average	Read 486 Write 194 Mixed 191 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 15.6 78% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 11.1 16% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 101%
Toshiba HDWJ110 1TB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 389GB free Firmware: AX1P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1710 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 7563 (0A) Spinup retry count 169 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2079 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 76 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 100084 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044315167 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2488 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 264 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	37.3% Below average	Read 70 Write 59.9 Mixed 57.6 47% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 63%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 214GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 28.8 Mixed 29.1 38% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.36 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471B5173QH0-YK0 80AD HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1334 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 14.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 7.3 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 47%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Lenovo IdeaPad Z470

CPU
Core i5-2410MIntel $160Bench 48%, 46,742 samples	26x
Core i3-2310MIntel $80Bench 46%, 25,542 samples	23x
Core i5-2430MIntel $53Bench 50%, 41,461 samples	16x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	79x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	16x
GeForce GT 520MNvidiaBench 2%, 5,654 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	7x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	5x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CH9 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 18,713 samples	4x
M471B5273DH0-CH9 80CE DDR3 1333 4G 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 4 samples	4x
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 1x4GBHynixBench 24%, 8,698 samples	4x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $188

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	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) $35	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