Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 12% 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 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	293% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

CPU throttled at 89% 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 81CU (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '21 at 21:09
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	89%

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 i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 573 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 8.2 6% 15.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 34,988 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 907GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2089 2180 1164 1145 1167 1175 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,233 Write 2,164 Mixed 1,518 SusWrite 1,487 415% 1,850 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 79.6 258% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 806 DQ Write 662 DQ Mixed 739 552% 736 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 329%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	15.6"	1280 720	BOE06F4

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 81CU

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	379x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	87x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	346x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	114x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	99x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	64x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	57x

RAM
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 2,119 samples	72x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Ramaxel RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 290 samples	60x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GBSamsungBench 71%, 305 samples	39x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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