Lenovo 81EK

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.36% 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 Drive	191% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 90% 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 81EK (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180802
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 08:08
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 641 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia MX130 14,117 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Legend(17AA 398C) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9907 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	9.36% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 9.77 Parallax 9.59 9% 10.3 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 13.4 Splatting 8.96 9% 11.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.36% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS512GD9TNG-62A0A 512GB 1,335 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80001E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 676 602 608 607 603 604 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,202 Write 908 Mixed 1,240 SusWrite 617 223% 992 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64 214% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 935 DQ Write 808 DQ Mixed 734 588% 826 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 200%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GB 33,430 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 1 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 49%

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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 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

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Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81EK

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	268x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	97x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	38x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	378x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	40x
HD Graphics 610IntelBench 2%, 9,913 samples	33x

SSD
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	99x
PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G-1101 256GBWDCBench 143%, 6,320 samples	66x
PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1101 512GBWDCBench 156%, 10,396 samples	65x

RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 1x8GBHynixBench 40%, 73,050 samples	97x
RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 6,442 samples	79x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples	61x

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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