Lenovo 2359CTO

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Lenovo 2359CTO (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO 2359CTO
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190909
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '21 at 10:30
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3520M 19,660 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 65 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 138 56% 95.5 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 236 31% 235 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Legend(17AA 21F6) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 3.1 4% 3.13 fps	MRender 3.6 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.4 3% 3.87 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 210 219 220 218 214 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 304 Write 256 Mixed 269 SusWrite 217 59% 261 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 17.3 54% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 184 164% 248 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 12GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 55%

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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 2359CTO Builds (Compare 52 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 2359CTO

CPU
Core i7-3520MIntelBench 53%, 19,660 samples	12x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	8x
Core i7-3720QMIntel $100Bench 65%, 9,911 samples	8x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	37x
NVS 5400MNvidiaBench 4%, 1,652 samples	10x
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	4x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	4x
MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GBSamsungBench 61%, 6,630 samples	3x

RAM
HMT41GS6AFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 203 samples	7x
M471B1G73BH0-CK0 M471B5173BH0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 40%, 18 samples	4x
CT1024648F160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 45%, 7 samples	4x

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Value: 23% - Poor

Total price: $109

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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