Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.66% 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 Drive134% 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
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191108
Uptime2 Days
Run DateJul 08 '20 at 21:57
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 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 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
73.3% Very good
Memory 75.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 235
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 601
61% 492 Pts
64-Core 593
37% 593 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7990
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.66% Terrible
Lighting 7.9
Reflection 24.8
Parallax 8.47
6% 13.7 fps
MRender 11.7
Gravity 7.27
Splatting 16.2
10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.66%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1214C0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 513 61 278 321 450 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Read 1,862
Write 1361
Mixed 122
SusWrite 290
199% 909 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 37.2
4K Mixed 10.8
100% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 581
DQ Write 52.2
DQ Mixed 20.4
90% 218 MB/s
Poor: 116%
This bench: 134%
Great: 248%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAA51S6AMR6N-UH HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
69.8% Good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 20.9
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 89.2
45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 70%

 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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