Lenovo IdeaCentre K430

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Lenovo IdeaCentre K430 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 04:56
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 523 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 47.3 32% 40.6 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 39.4 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3209 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1365 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15296073770	96.4% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 404 Mixed 414 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 41.2 139% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 72.8 92% 168 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 782GB free Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117947840 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5840 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 226328116 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4200 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6340 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 47244640288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -63625645516020 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4178147882793 (F2) Unknown 100 253 114100352575676	67.1% Good	Read 110 Write 125 Mixed 133 93% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 562GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41301312 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4242275 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2272 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 47715778586 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18915 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91817810853361 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5250194273 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5962589073	77.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 146 Mixed 147 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Lenovo IdeaCentre K430

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	30x
Core i5-2320Intel $165Bench 64%, 38,345 samples	7x

GPU
GeForce GT 545NvidiaBench 6%, 2,995 samples	6x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	4x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	3x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 8394 99[2/7/4]031 8394 99[2/7/4]031 24GBHynixBench 48%, 5 samples	4x
KHX1600C10D3/4G Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 KHX1600C10D3/4G Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 16GBKingstonBench 56%, 8 samples	3x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples	3x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $363

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