Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics6.62% 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 Drive150% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20190107
Uptime10.7 Days
Run DateAug 03 '22 at 06:33
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 87%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8550U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
50.1% Above average
Memory 59.7
1-Core 43.8
2-Core 80.2
39% 61.2 Pts
4-Core 273
8-Core 41.1
26% 157 Pts
64-Core 45.6
3% 45.6 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 50.1%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39F0) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1340
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.62% Terrible
Lighting 7.3
Reflection 7.5
Parallax 8.3
6% 7.7 fps
MRender 9.3
Gravity 7.2
Splatting 11.7
8% 9.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.62%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme CT1000P 1TB
415GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 965 1143 1160 1024 1237 921 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
150% Outstanding
Read 904
Write 860
Mixed 790
SusWrite 1,075
205% 907 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 15.2
143% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 84.8
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 307
201% 228 MB/s
Poor: 128%
This bench: 150%
Great: 299%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1R 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
61.6% Good
MC Read 22.5
MC Write 26.8
MC Mixed 22
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 7.9
SC Write 16.2
SC Mixed 11.9
34% 12 GB/s
Latency 128
31% 128 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CU Builds (Compare 466 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81CU

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