Lenovo 81C4

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.8% 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	196% 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.

CPU throttled at 90% 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 81C4 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '20 at 02:00
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 473 52% 409 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 108 Parallax 134 96% 120 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 105 Splatting 95.2 93% 117 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 106%
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 3803) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6346 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 7.25 6% 8.21 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 14.2 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 34,988 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 538GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 995 1076 1061 800 719 750 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,703 Write 1,207 Mixed 1,087 SusWrite 900 274% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 53.7 186% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 67.4 124% 245 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 329%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GB 4,611 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 84%

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

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Workstation 10%

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System: Lenovo 81C4

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	283x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	27x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	293x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	4x

SSD
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	76x
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GBWDCBench 195%, 3,929 samples	63x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	52x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	134x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,611 samples	63x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD M471A5244CB0-CTD 12GBSamsungBench 57%, 801 samples	60x

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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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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