Lenovo 81CG

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.81% 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 Drive166% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.
SystemLenovo 81CG  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180305
Uptime4.4 Days
Run DateNov 14 '18 at 14:00
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 12%
CPU Throttled 90%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8550U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
70.6% Very good
Memory 72.3
1-Core 124
2-Core 236
79% 144 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 502
56% 440 Pts
64-Core 494
31% 494 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 397A) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.81% Terrible
Lighting 8.13
Reflection 9.73
Parallax 6.78
7% 8.22 fps
MRender 11.2
Gravity 7.37
Splatting 16.7
10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.81%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 329 329 327 326 325 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 876
Write 788
Mixed 624
SusWrite 352
148% 660 MB/s
4K Read 55
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 68.7
235% 81.4 MB/s
DQ Read 890
DQ Write 754
DQ Mixed 770
591% 805 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 166%
Great: 236%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
57.1% Above average
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 17.2
58% 20.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 20.7
SC Mixed 17.3
52% 18 GB/s
Latency 96.1
42% 96.1 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CG Builds (Compare 64 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81CG

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