Lenovo 2189

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Lenovo 2189 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO Product Name
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 23:03
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3230M-$100 61,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Memory 77 1-Core 48.8 2-Core 91 47% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 122 16% 122 Pts	64-Core 116 7% 116 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 3901) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.5069 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.56% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 2.78 3% 3.86 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.65 4% 4.72 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.56% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$50 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,572 Write 2,458 Mixed 2,403 554% 2,478 MB/s	4K Read 137 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 130 442% 132 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 323 240% 317 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5428-063.A00LF RMT3160ED58E9W1600 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 10.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.5% 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%

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Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 2189

CPU
Core i5-3230MIntel $100Bench 49%, 61,311 samples	28x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	26x
Core i7-3520MIntelBench 53%, 19,660 samples	17x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	79x
GeForce GT 635MNvidiaBench 3%, 3,113 samples	5x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	3x

RAM
RMT3160ED58E9W1600 2x4GBRamaxelBench 53%, 6,794 samples	15x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	8x
HMT351S6EFR8C-PB HMT325S6EFR8C-PB 6GBUnknownBench 44%, 132 samples	5x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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