Lenovo 5041A2U

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics0.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemLenovo 5041A2U  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO Tilapia CRB
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110208
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 12 '20 at 19:47
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 57%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X4 B95
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
52.2% Above average
Memory 75.5
1-Core 43.5
2-Core 87.3
45% 68.8 Pts
4-Core 170
8-Core 171
23% 170 Pts
64-Core 158
10% 158 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics
Legend(17AA 3058) 256MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.47% Terrible
Lighting 0.5
Reflection 1
Parallax 0.16
0% 0.55 fps
MRender 0.81
Gravity 0.13
Splatting 1.09
1% 0.68 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.47%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80
218GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.03E03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 83 74 84 77 87 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
47.5% Average
Read 86.2
Write 88.3
Mixed 55.7
SusWrite 78.9
57% 77.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 47.5%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
28.9% Poor
MC Read 12.3
MC Write 7.2
MC Mixed 10.3
28% 9.93 GB/s
SC Read 5.8
SC Write 5.9
SC Mixed 8
19% 6.57 GB/s
Latency 89.4
45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 28.9%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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