Lenovo 2901CTO

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 49% 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.

System	Lenovo 2901CTO (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO 2901CTO
Memory	0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120425
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 04:16
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%
CPU Throttled	49%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 M 520-$70 23,644 User benchmarks, average bench 40% None, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Memory 58 1-Core 21.1 2-Core 36.2 28% 38.4 Pts	4-Core 55.5 8-Core 60.3 8% 57.9 Pts	64-Core 58 4% 58 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Legend(17AA 21C1) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.88 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.74 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.95 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNS128GG4BAAA-NonFDE 128GB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGLA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 24690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10772 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 945021125040 (AA) Unknown 100 100 94498455650 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3307183932219 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C2) HDA temperature 67 46 231929085985 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	31.7% Below average	Read 198 Write 175 Mixed 189 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 8.78 40% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 33.3 DQ Mixed 8.8 12% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5673FH0-CF8 2x2GB 6,000 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 1066 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 2.4 10% 3.63 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 41%

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Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 2901CTO

CPU
Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples	1x
Core i5 M 560Intel $65Bench 41%, 10,722 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	2x

SSD
SSDSA1M080G2LE 80GBIntelBench 30%, 155 samples	1x

RAM
HMT325S6CFR8C-H9 80AD HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 6GBUnknownBench 37%, 88 samples	1x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 8,533 samples	1x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $70

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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