Lenovo 81ND

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	274% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 88% 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 81ND (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 12:10
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8265U 87,841 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 653 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce MX250 8,806 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Legend(17AA 39F5) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1788 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 18.6 17% 18.2 fps	MRender 18.6 Gravity 20.1 Splatting 20.6 16% 19.8 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1671 929 607 605 606 607 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,324 Write 1,856 Mixed 1,528 SusWrite 838 365% 1,637 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 81.5 272% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1159 DQ Write 877 DQ Mixed 972 740% 1,003 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 296%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD M471A1K43DB1-CTD 12GB 1,248 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 12.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 70%

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

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Lenovo 81ND

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	52x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	32x
Core i3-8145UIntelBench 53%, 15,431 samples	2x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	73x
GeForce MX250NvidiaBench 14%, 8,806 samples	13x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	19x
WDC PC SN520 SDA 512GBNvmeBench 169%, 2,949 samples	13x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	12x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples	16x
M471A5244CB0-CTD Ramaxel RMSA3270ME86H9F-2666 8GBSamsungBench 56%, 2,711 samples	9x
4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 8GBMicronBench 59%, 5,397 samples	8x

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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 $40	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