Lenovo 81CA

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.02% 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	142% 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81CA (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191119
Uptime	11.3 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 00:16
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 54.3 1-Core 49.4 2-Core 95.4 40% 66.4 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 242 26% 208 Pts	64-Core 252 16% 252 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.2% 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 39CE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Lighting 6.47 Reflection 9.92 Parallax 6.56 5% 7.65 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 6.03 Splatting 12.8 8% 8.61 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 654 393 319 192 181 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,466 Write 1,149 Mixed 1,102 SusWrite 319 225% 1,009 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 49.2 153% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 395 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 296%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GB 22,543 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10.5 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.3 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical 81CA Builds (Compare 335 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 57%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81CA

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	260x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	74x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	269x
MX130NvidiaBench 9%, 14,117 samples	48x
940MXNvidiaBench 9%, 36,213 samples	18x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	55x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	33x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	33x

RAM
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	86x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GBHynixBench 44%, 33,430 samples	66x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples	44x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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