Lenovo 81N4

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.7% 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	261% 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	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190412
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '21 at 12:49
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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)	76% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 636 61% 504 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 76% 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. 25.21.14.1788 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 17 Parallax 13.4 11% 14.7 fps	MRender 17.4 Gravity 14.3 Splatting 14.9 13% 15.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 12%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1699 810 606 610 609 608 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,350 Write 1,884 Mixed 1,414 SusWrite 824 361% 1,618 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 77.7 260% 90.5 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 717 DQ Mixed 802 600% 801 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 296%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GB 54,777 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 23.2 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 74%

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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