Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 29%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics26.3% 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 Drive316% 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181121
Uptime3.3 Days
Run DateJan 16 '19 at 06:54
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 81.7
1-Core 123
2-Core 243
83% 149 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 614
65% 521 Pts
64-Core 625
39% 625 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050 (Mobile)
Legend(17AA 39AB) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
26.3% Poor
Lighting 33.7
Reflection 25.3
Parallax 33
28% 30.7 fps
MRender 35
Gravity 32.9
Splatting 23.2
24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 26.3%
Great: 25%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
804GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1573 2188 1427 1167 1172 1149 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
316% Outstanding
Read 2,247
Write 2,303
Mixed 1,576
SusWrite 1,446
425% 1,893 MB/s
4K Read 62.9
4K Write 160
4K Mixed 86
290% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,149
DQ Write 1,005
DQ Mixed 1,072
805% 1,075 MB/s
Poor: 145%
This bench: 316%
Great: 329%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD M471A1K43CB1-CTD 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
72.1% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 20.5
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 26.6
SC Mixed 23.5
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 77.5
52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 57%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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