Lenovo 5038A12

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
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Desktop
Desktop 6%
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Workstation
Workstation 0%
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 12.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics0.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemLenovo 5038A12  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO 5038A12
Memory0.7 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20110510
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 10 '17 at 09:26
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User HKG-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2457M
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.3 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
12.9% Very poor
Memory 17.6
1-Core 15.2
2-Core 32.2
13% 21.7 Pts
4-Core 45.1
8-Core 78.9
8% 62 Pts
64-Core 100
6% 100 Pts
Poor: 13%
This bench: 12.9%
Great: 52%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)
Legend(17AA 21E4) 788MB
Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
0.6% Terrible
Lighting 0.67
Reflection 1
Parallax 0.47
0% 0.71 fps
MRender 1.05
Gravity 0.17
Splatting 1.22
1% 0.81 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 0.6%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB-$40
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ES2OA60W Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
34.6% Below average
Read 61.1
Write 59.7
Mixed 35.3
38% 52 MB/s
4K Read 0.22
4K Write 0.95
4K Mixed 0.22
51% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 34.6%
Great: 46%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5773CHS-CH9 1x2GB
1 of 4 slots used
2GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
20.5% Poor
MC Read 7.6
MC Write 7.8
MC Mixed 7.5
22% 7.63 GB/s
SC Read 7
SC Write 4.2
SC Mixed 4.3
15% 5.17 GB/s
Latency 339
12% 339 ns
Poor: 8%
This bench: 20.5%
Great: 29%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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