Lenovo 81AX

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.65% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (75%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 88% 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

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81AX (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180621
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '21 at 09:34
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	75%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 187 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 420 47% 368 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 72.1% 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 3973) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9168 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.65% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 5.7 Parallax 7.6 6% 6.67 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 9.5 Splatting 12.5 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.65% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GMTS830S 128GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427BNR SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 395 399 418 424 391 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 372 Mixed 373 SusWrite 389 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 47 176% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 220 186% 268 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 374GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 89 90 90 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 88 Write 80.8 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 88.9 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC Transcend JM2400HSH-4G 8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 67%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Lenovo 81AX

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	599x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	316x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	89x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	973x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	107x
Radeon 530AMDBench 7%, 3,164 samples	29x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	101x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	78x
CA1-8D128 128GBLiteonBench 102%, 760 samples	77x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 36,396 samples	128x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 0443 RMSA3270ME86H9F-2666 8GBSamsungBench 59%, 663 samples	104x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 0443 RMSA3270MB86H9F2400 8GBSamsungBench 59%, 811 samples	94x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16