Lenovo 26981A0

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 47.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Lenovo 26981A0 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO MAHOBAY
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130116
Uptime	28.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 11:43
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G640-$30 3,040 User benchmarks, average bench 48% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Memory 75.1 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 104 52% 81.4 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 126 16% 119 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 310 4,147 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 1837) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.34% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.46 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 2 2% 2.54 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.34% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LF128HCHP-000L1 128GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT03L1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 483 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 329 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 13 (AE) Unknown 99 99 59 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1048 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 56 28 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16668163 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1232 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1257 (F9) Unknown 99 99 1664	33% Below average	Read 267 Write 70.8 Mixed 116 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 26.7 4K Mixed 9.39 58% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 26.5 DQ Mixed 10.2 12% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 370GB free Firmware: KC65 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 4880 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2243610 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 63 336527380 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 55834574868 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 35 4880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -101610336288521 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1690954191 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4228501226	67% Good	Read 125 Write 107 Mixed 85.1 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 6.47 4K Mixed 0.61 215% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 1x8GB 1,614 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 6.8 20% 6.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 34%

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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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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 19%

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System: Lenovo 26981A0

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	3x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	2x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	4x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	1x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
SSD 240GBIntensoBench 74%, 1,366 samples	1x
SSD370S 128GBTranscend $70Bench 74%, 10,510 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	1x
HMT325U6CFR8C-PB 2x2GBHynixBench 50%, 2,085 samples	1x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 7,217 samples	1x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $146

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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