Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.65% 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 Drive127% 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.
Very high background CPU (41%). 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.
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180619
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 20 '18 at 20:06
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 41%
CPU Throttled 89%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Memory 88.6
1-Core 117
2-Core 220
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 348
8-Core 583
57% 466 Pts
64-Core 574
36% 574 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.65% Terrible
Lighting 8.17
Reflection 25.1
Parallax 7.44
7% 13.6 fps
MRender 12.2
Gravity 6.8
Splatting 14.9
10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.65%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme HFS512GD9TNG-62A 512GB
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 115 169 190 315 385 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 1,252
Write 197
Mixed 264
SusWrite 218
104% 483 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 83.4
4K Mixed 32.6
142% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 788
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 282
257% 411 MB/s
Poor: 88%
This bench: 127%
Great: 200%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAA51S6AMR6N-UH 859B CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBD 24GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 16384 MB
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.8% Very good
MC Read 29
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 22.6
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 17.8
SC Write 29.9
SC Mixed 25.1
69% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CU Builds (Compare 468 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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