Lenovo 81C4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.86% 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	168% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 90% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81C4 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180713
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '20 at 14:40
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	14%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 473 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 3803) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.5037 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	5.86% Terrible	Lighting 5.83 Reflection 9 Parallax 6.47 5% 7.1 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 13 8% 9.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.86% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS512GD9TNG-62A0A 512GB 1,335 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80001E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 717 601 604 599 545 499 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,163 Write 703 Mixed 1,019 SusWrite 594 194% 870 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 56.2 188% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 804 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 660 473% 618 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 200%
SanDisk Ultra T C 124GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 60GB free, PID 5596 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 17 3.9 6.4 7.1 6.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 31.5 Write 17.9 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 8.9 27% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0 41% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 71,691 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Lenovo 81C4

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	284x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	27x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	294x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	4x

SSD
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	76x
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GBWDCBench 195%, 3,929 samples	63x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	53x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	135x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,611 samples	63x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD M471A5244CB0-CTD 12GBSamsungBench 57%, 801 samples	60x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16