Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
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 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.16% 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 Drive149% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181121
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 15 '19 at 04:20
Run Duration165 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 15%

 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 i5-8250U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 75.2
1-Core 108
2-Core 211
74% 132 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 601
61% 495 Pts
64-Core 600
37% 600 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39F0) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6344
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.16% Terrible
Lighting 7.73
Reflection 10.8
Parallax 7.38
6% 8.65 fps
MRender 7.62
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 15.6
9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.16%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
294GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXA7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 794 967 697 543 570 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
149% Outstanding
Read 701
Write 708
Mixed 356
SusWrite 728
140% 623 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 27.8
131% 56.4 MB/s
DQ Read 927
DQ Write 750
DQ Mixed 800
609% 826 MB/s
Poor: 149%
This bench: 149%
Great: 306%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
40.5% Average
MC Read 16.1
MC Write 13.9
MC Mixed 10.7
39% 13.6 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 14.3
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 90
44% 90 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 40.5%
Great: 43%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CU Builds (Compare 466 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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