Lenovo ThinkServer RD540

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemLenovo ThinkServer RD540  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO ThinkServer RD540
Memory37.3 GB free of 40 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140125
Uptime30.1 Days
Run DateNov 29 '19 at 22:30
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
CPU 1, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
65.9% Good
Memory 70.3
1-Core 94.1
2-Core 166
64% 110 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 674
59% 502 Pts
64-Core 1684
104% 1684 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 65.9%
Great: 73%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
LSI MR9260-8i 2TB
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 130 132 130 133 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Read 146
Write 131
Mixed 96.5
SusWrite 130
93% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT151R7BFR4C-H9 SH5722G4ATT64P1- HMT151R7BFR4C-H9 SH5722G4ATT64P1- 40GB
800, 800, 800, 800 MHz
4096, 16384, 4096, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
26.3% Poor
MC Read 10.5
MC Write 7.5
MC Mixed 8.6
25% 8.87 GB/s
SC Read 9.1
SC Write 5.5
SC Mixed 6.4
20% 7 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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