Lenovo 81CT

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	261% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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 81CT (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 16:46
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%
CPU Throttled	89%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 641 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% ASRock(1849 1001) CLim: 1600 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 163 75% 112 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 111 Splatting 122 87% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 841 560 555 559 554 547 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,281 Write 1831 Mixed 1,484 SusWrite 602 345% 1,549 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 83.6 275% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 1,128 DQ Write 984 DQ Mixed 1,018 773% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 296%
Asmt 2105 80GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 9GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 47 48 49 50 47 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.2% Poor	Read 120 Write 90 Mixed 117 SusWrite 51 21% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 16.9 58% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 95.5 DQ Write 57.2 DQ Mixed 33.3 36% 62 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMAA51S6AMR6N-UH 2x8GB 1,344 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 89.3 45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 78%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Lenovo 81CT

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	179x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	76x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	250x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	2x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	67x
MZVLB256HAHQ-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 180%, 5,016 samples	54x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	25x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples	152x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,611 samples	25x
4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 59%, 11,378 samples	23x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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