Lenovo 81AX

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.56% 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	148% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81AX (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	0.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180621
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '21 at 20:13
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 462 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 73.7% 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 3973) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7812 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	5.56% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 5.1 Parallax 6.7 5% 5.93 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 9.5 7% 8.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.56% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 269 258 267 265 265 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 817 Write 810 Mixed 504 SusWrite 296 136% 607 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 65.8 221% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 651 483% 639 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 0443 RMSA3270MB86H9F2400 8GB 811 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 67%

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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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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Lenovo 81AX

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	596x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	315x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	88x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	968x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	107x
Radeon 530AMDBench 7%, 3,164 samples	29x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	101x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	78x
CA1-8D128 128GBLiteonBench 102%, 760 samples	76x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 36,396 samples	128x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 0443 RMSA3270ME86H9F-2666 8GBSamsungBench 59%, 663 samples	104x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 0443 RMSA3270MB86H9F2400 8GBSamsungBench 59%, 811 samples	93x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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