Lenovo 1198A21

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 20%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics0.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemLenovo 1198A21  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO 1198A21
Memory0.4 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110728
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 24 '18 at 16:02
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User GUY-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD E2-3000M APU
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
45% Average
Memory 80.9
1-Core 28.7
2-Core 53.4
40% 54.3 Pts
4-Core 56.6
8-Core 56.3
8% 56.4 Pts
64-Core 56
4% 56 Pts
Poor: 17%
This bench: 45%
Great: 38%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6380G
Legend(17AA 21EB) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.930.13.1600
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.98% Terrible
Lighting 1.1
Reflection 1.58
Parallax 0.88
1% 1.18 fps
MRender 1.62
Gravity 0.7
Splatting 1.78
1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 0.98%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2010)-$33
216GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
40.6% Average
Read 70.4
Write 70.9
Mixed 17.2
38% 52.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 1.18
4K Mixed 0.16
53% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 40.6%
Great: 41%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Ramaxel RMT3010KD58E8F133 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
17.9% Very poor
MC Read 7.6
MC Write 4.7
MC Mixed 4.6
16% 5.63 GB/s
SC Read 4.6
SC Write 3.9
SC Mixed 0.2
8% 2.9 GB/s
Latency 78.8
51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 17.9%
Great: 19%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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