Lenovo 81CA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
ProcessorWith 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 40.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics8.56% 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 Drive138% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemLenovo 81CA  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191119
Uptime24.4 Days
Run DateOct 05 '20 at 13:37
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 48%

 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8550U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
40.5% Average
Memory 62.7
1-Core 46.1
2-Core 86.2
41% 65 Pts
4-Core 100
8-Core 195
18% 148 Pts
64-Core 225
14% 225 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 40.5%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia MX130
Legend(17AA 39CE) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5167
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
8.56% Terrible
Lighting 10.7
Reflection 9.62
Parallax 10.8
9% 10.4 fps
MRender 11.8
Gravity 11.2
Splatting 8.26
8% 10.4 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 8.56%
Great: 10%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEKKF01 1TB
703GB free (System drive)
Firmware: L11P Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 798 826 733 682 753 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 1,290
Write 953
Mixed 818
SusWrite 738
212% 950 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 43
4K Mixed 32.4
104% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 190
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 225
162% 207 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 138%
Great: 272%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
27.8% Poor
MC Read 9.9
MC Write 10.2
MC Mixed 9
28% 9.7 GB/s
SC Read 6.5
SC Write 7.4
SC Mixed 8.1
21% 7.33 GB/s
Latency 120
33% 120 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 27.8%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CA Builds (Compare 337 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81CA

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