Lenovo 81SQ

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.6% 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	226% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 81SQ (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 15:31
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8565U 81,207 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 607 70% 543 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce MX230 6,801 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Legend(17AA 39F3) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4575 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 12.8 13% 14.4 fps	MRender 17.8 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 13.8 12% 15.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 12%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 512GB 3,501 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10130001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1079 838 855 854 857 861 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,465 Write 2,096 Mixed 1,559 SusWrite 890 340% 1,503 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 63.7 227% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 948 714% 959 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 220%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 8GB 5,397 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 23.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 71%

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

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Lenovo 81SQ

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	86x
Pentium 5405UIntelBench 48%, 2,193 samples	27x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	22x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	107x
UHD Graphics 610IntelBench 2%, 3,878 samples	35x
GeForce MX230NvidiaBench 10%, 6,801 samples	4x

SSD
WDC PC SN720 SDA 512GBNvmeBench 183%, 3,501 samples	42x
SAMSUNG MZVLB256 256GBNvmeBench 200%, 3,384 samples	23x
RPFTJ128PDD2EWX 128GBBench 68%, 9,061 samples	23x

RAM
4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 8GBMicronBench 59%, 5,397 samples	22x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples	12x
RMSA3270ME86H9F-2666 1x4GBRamaxelBench 26%, 4,120 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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