Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.47% 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	93.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (79%). 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81CU (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190524
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 02:03
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	44.2% Average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 37.4 2-Core 62.5 38% 55.7 Pts	4-Core 117 8-Core 197 19% 157 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.2% 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 (100^th percentile)	7.47% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 23.8 Parallax 7.47 6% 13.1 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 15.2 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.47% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS512GD9TNG-62A0A 512GB 1,335 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80001E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 124 150 127 125 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 1007 Write 136 Mixed 218 SusWrite 134 80% 374 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 28.2 106% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 217 180% 265 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 200%
Lenovo USB Hard Drive 1TB 1,783 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 849GB free, PID 4533 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 108 111 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 110 127% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMAA51S6AMR6N-UH HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GB 387 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 19.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 11.4 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 77%

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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	378x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	86x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	344x
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	71x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Ramaxel RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 290 samples	60x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GBSamsungBench 71%, 305 samples	39x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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