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 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.
ProcessorWith 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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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
Memory3.7 GB free of 40 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140125
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateNov 29 '19 at 22:31
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2
CPU 1, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
54.9% Above average
Memory 42.1
1-Core 60.8
2-Core 192
50% 98.2 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 654
61% 508 Pts
64-Core 2,176
135% 2,176 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 54.9%
Great: 74%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
LSI MR9260-8i 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 135 134 134 131 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Read 138
Write 126
Mixed 105
SusWrite 133
93% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown SH5722G4ATT64P1- SH5722G4ATT64P1- Nanya NT4GC72B4NA1NL-C Nanya NT4GC72B4NA1NL-C 40GB
800, 800, 800, 800 MHz
16384, 16384, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
14.2% Very poor
MC Read 6.9
MC Write 3.3
MC Mixed 4.6
14% 4.93 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 2.1
SC Mixed 2.5
9% 3.3 GB/s
Latency 193
21% 193 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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