Lenovo IdeaCentre K430

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.18% 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	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Lenovo IdeaCentre K430 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '20 at 14:26
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 202 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 540 55% 445 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 545 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Device(1642 3A28) 1.5GB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.73 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 8.27 Parallax 5.28 6% 6.82 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 10.1 7% 8.7 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT2000BX500SSD1 2TB 12,882 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 361 417 418 416 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 472 Write 408 Mixed 396 SusWrite 399 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 20.4 93% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 29.9 86% 179 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 205GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 70 70 70 70 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 70 Write 73.4 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 72.1 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 46%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 440GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 29 30 31 30 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 23.4 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 30.1 36% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 3x4GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 57%

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

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Typical IdeaCentre K430 Builds (Compare 37 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo IdeaCentre K430

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	30x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	7x

GPU
GeForce GT 545NvidiaBench 6%, 2,995 samples	6x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	4x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	3x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8394 99[2/7/4]031 8394 99[2/7/4]031 24GBHynixBench 48%, 5 samples	4x
KHX1600C10D3/4G Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 KHX1600C10D3/4G Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 16GBKingstonBench 56%, 8 samples	3x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	3x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16