Lenovo 81C3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.43% 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	128% 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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81C3 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 20:39
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 73.1 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 102 50% 79.5 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 275 29% 230 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 39FD) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.81 6% 8.98 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.7 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SanDisk A400 SD9 256GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3590001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 209 204 167 180 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 760 Write 251 Mixed 182 SusWrite 193 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54.4 198% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 433 DQ Mixed 358 318% 485 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 140%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GB 36,396 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 94.5 42% 94.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 69%

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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 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81C3

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	116x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	45x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	157x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	1x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	46x
SanDisk A400 SD9 256GBNvmeBench 111%, 438 samples	45x
A400 SD9PN9U-256G-1001 256GBSandiskBench 112%, 74 samples	11x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 36,396 samples	108x
HMAA51S6AMR6N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 69%, 1,344 samples	19x
4ATF51264HZ-2G3B2 2x4GBMicronBench 59%, 626 samples	16x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16