Lenovo 81BL

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.91% 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	159% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 89% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81BL (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 05:44
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 198 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 476 47% 385 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 39CC) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 7.47 6% 8.33 fps	MRender 8.43 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 14.9 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 160 162 160 161 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 668 Mixed 572 SusWrite 168 170% 780 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 55.7 200% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 438 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 416 313% 418 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 234%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: LCM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 128 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 120 Write 112 Mixed 59 SusWrite 129 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.1 109% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GB 122,420 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 11.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%

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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%

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Lenovo 81BL

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	71x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	23x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	85x
940MXNvidiaBench 9%, 36,213 samples	8x
MX130NvidiaBench 9%, 14,117 samples	1x

SSD
MTFDDAK256TBN 256GBMicronBench 62%, 1,130 samples	15x
545s Series 256GB (Lenovo)IntelBench 81%, 1,243 samples	11x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 176%, 11,069 samples	8x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	24x
RMSA3260MH78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 38%, 13,320 samples	23x
RMSA3260ME78HAF-2666 1x8GBRamaxelBench 39%, 16,227 samples	12x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16