Lenovo 4236CK8

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 22% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 19.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	1.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Lenovo 4236CK8 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO 4236CK8
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180604
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '23 at 22:24
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2520M-$34 45,308 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Memory 33.1 1-Core 18 2-Core 30.2 18% 27.1 Pts	4-Core 39.9 8-Core 41.9 5% 40.9 Pts	64-Core 40.2 2% 40.2 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz) 110,588 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Legend(17AA 21CE) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.94% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 1.7 2% 2.13 fps	MRender 2.6 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 2.8 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.94% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 73 73 71 68 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26% Poor	Read 120 Write 99.2 Mixed 116 SusWrite 72.4 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 13.1 43% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 91.2 DQ Write 55.1 DQ Mixed 68.6 52% 71.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 73%
SSK 500GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 32GB free Firmware: 0212 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 27 27 27 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	9.61% Terrible	Read 55.2 Write 25.7 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 26.7 8% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 4.8 19% 4.67 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 9.61% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT4GC64B8HG0NS-CG 0D9B 8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.13 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 3.6 10% 3.67 GB/s	Latency 164 24% 164 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 46%

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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: 0P 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	67	55	60	13.9"	1280 720	LEN40A0

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Typical 4236CK8 Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 4236CK8

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel $34Bench 48%, 45,308 samples	8x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	8x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
CT250MX500SSD4 250GBBench 102%, 16,301 samples	1x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	1x

RAM
NT4GC64B8HG0NS-CG 0D9B 8GBUnknownBench 34%, 12 samples	5x
EBJ41UF8BCS0-DJ-F 0443 RMT3020EC58E9F1333 8GBElpidaBench 46%, 19 samples	1x
HMT351S6CFR8C-H9 Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 8GBHynixBench 44%, 379 samples	1x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $69

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16