Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.33% 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 Drive227% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180123
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJun 07 '18 at 04:00
Run Duration85 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
72.5% Very good
Memory 80.2
1-Core 105
2-Core 185
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 569
56% 459 Pts
64-Core 571
35% 571 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4877
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
6.33% Terrible
Lighting 6.7
Reflection 9.5
Parallax 7.16
6% 7.79 fps
MRender 7.05
Gravity 6.63
Splatting 13.9
8% 9.18 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.33%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
144GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
227% Outstanding
Read 2,474
Write 940
Mixed 1,187
335% 1,534 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 98.1
4K Mixed 52.5
192% 66.3 MB/s
DQ Read 297
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 110
122% 209 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 227%
Great: 236%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
34.4% Below average
MC Read 12.8
MC Write 12.1
MC Mixed 9.8
33% 11.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 10.5
SC Mixed 8.2
28% 9.67 GB/s
Latency 80.1
50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 34.4%
Great: 43%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CU Builds (Compare 467 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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