Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.45% 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 Drive	251% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 89% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81CU (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 00:55
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 608 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.45% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 23.9 Parallax 3.87 5% 11.5 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 6 Splatting 13.1 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.45% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 432GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1678 817 589 580 593 572 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,255 Write 1,790 Mixed 1,407 SusWrite 805 349% 1,564 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 74.8 247% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 779 585% 783 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 296%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GB 305 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.4% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 78%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 81CU

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	379x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	88x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	347x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	114x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	99x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	65x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	57x

RAM
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 2,119 samples	73x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Ramaxel RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 290 samples	60x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GBSamsungBench 71%, 305 samples	39x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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