Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.36% 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	213% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 89% 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 81CU (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	17.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190524
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 17:18
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 212 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 576 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6576 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Lighting 6.53 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 6.84 5% 12.7 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 6.23 Splatting 13.5 8% 9.81 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.36% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GB 3,929 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10130001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 956 841 850 856 637 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,808 Write 1,999 Mixed 1,677 SusWrite 769 352% 1,564 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 56.4 212% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 972 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 327 324% 539 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 256%
SABRENT 250GB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 207GB free Firmware: 0214 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 282 283 282 281 269 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 336 Write 329 Mixed 285 SusWrite 288 70% 309 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 28.5 94% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 135 111% 158 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 8502 2666 C18 Series 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.8% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 17.5 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 81CU

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	379x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	86x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	345x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	114x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	99x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	64x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	57x

RAM
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 2,119 samples	72x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Ramaxel RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 290 samples	60x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GBSamsungBench 71%, 305 samples	39x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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