Lenovo 81N4

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.2% 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	225% 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 88% 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 81N4 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 15:00
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8265U 87,841 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 72.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 235 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 615 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 71%

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. 26.21.14.4223 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 12.6 12% 14 fps	MRender 17.3 Gravity 13.6 Splatting 13.8 12% 14.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 512GB 3,501 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10130001 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1139 816 776 824 808 828 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,514 Write 1,903 Mixed 1,761 SusWrite 865 341% 1,511 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 67.2 230% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 839 DQ Mixed 890 672% 902 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 220%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 0.5 2.5 4.2 4.8 5.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	8.62% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 6.5 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 3.3 11% 8.82 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.5 152% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.62% Great: 17%

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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 21.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 95.3 42% 95.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 71%

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

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Workstation 9%

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System: Lenovo 81N4

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	94x
Core i3-8145UIntelBench 53%, 15,431 samples	46x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	34x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	157x
UHD Graphics 610IntelBench 2%, 3,878 samples	48x
GeForce MX230NvidiaBench 10%, 6,801 samples	17x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	39x
WDC PC SN720 SDA 512GBNvmeBench 183%, 3,501 samples	33x
SAMSUNG MZVLB256 256GBNvmeBench 200%, 3,384 samples	28x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples	36x
M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GBSamsungBench 30%, 48,985 samples	33x
4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 8GBMicronBench 59%, 5,397 samples	26x

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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