Lenovo 81CT

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	197% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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 81CT (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	0.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '21 at 17:26
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 485 58% 445 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 39EF) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.07% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 3.1 Parallax 9.6 5% 6.4 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0 2% 2.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.07% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 155 158 155 153 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,928 Write 754 Mixed 554 SusWrite 176 186% 853 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 71.4 246% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 881 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 672 520% 716 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 234%
WD Elements SE 2623 1TB 747 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free, PID 2623 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 109 119 118 119 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 126 Write 105 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 116 138% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.8 302% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 67%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 13GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 4.2 3.3 3.2 4.5 5.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 19.2 Write 2.2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 3.8 8% 7.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 23%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	5.6% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 10.3 Mixed 14.3 SusWrite 6.9 16% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.6% Great: 23%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 4GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID a764 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.3% Terrible	Read 16.3 Write 6.7 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 7 10% 8.82 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CTD 1x4GB 48,985 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 8.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 41%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

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Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81CT

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	179x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	76x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	250x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	2x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	67x
MZVLB256HAHQ-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 180%, 5,016 samples	54x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	25x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CTD 2x4GBSamsungBench 60%, 54,777 samples	152x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,611 samples	25x
4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 59%, 11,378 samples	23x

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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