Lenovo 81CT

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.92% 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	169% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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

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

System	Lenovo 81CT (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '22 at 04:37
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 558 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 77.8% 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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	5.92% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 7.5 5% 6.5 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 7 Splatting 10.9 7% 8.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.92% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC PC SN530 SDB 256GB 1,127 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 216 217 213 219 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,340 Write 930 Mixed 1,007 SusWrite 250 196% 882 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 50.4 228% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 675 DQ Write 778 DQ Mixed 576 476% 676 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G6E1 2x4GB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 74%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

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 $195Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16