Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.64% 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 Drive256% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory18.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181031
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateNov 27 '19 at 11:23
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Memory 75.6
1-Core 119
2-Core 239
79% 144 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 590
66% 521 Pts
64-Core 580
36% 580 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39F0) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.64% Terrible
Lighting 8.07
Reflection 10.7
Parallax 8.06
7% 8.95 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 7.13
Splatting 15.4
10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.64%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1347 1380 1406 1265 1383 1400 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
256% Outstanding
Read 1,361
Write 1,386
Mixed 996
SusWrite 1,364
288% 1,277 MB/s
4K Read 42.7
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 76.4
246% 92.2 MB/s
DQ Read 962
DQ Write 916
DQ Mixed 321
411% 733 MB/s
Poor: 154%
This bench: 256%
Great: 282%
WD My Book 1230 6TB
1TB free
Firmware: 1065
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 107 108 106 112 111 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
51.9% Above average
Read 72.7
Write 70.5
Mixed 47.8
SusWrite 108
55% 74.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 51.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD Kingston 9905630-066.A00G 24GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
63.5% Good
MC Read 23.4
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 19.9
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 20.8
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 89.2
45% 89.2 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CU Builds (Compare 469 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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