Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.03% 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 Drive227% 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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181121
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJan 02 '19 at 04:03
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th 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 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Memory 92
1-Core 118
2-Core 233
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 561
62% 487 Pts
64-Core 619
38% 619 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6094
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.03% Terrible
Lighting 7.3
Reflection 24.3
Parallax 7.28
6% 13 fps
MRender 11.1
Gravity 6.77
Splatting 14.3
9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.03%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
301GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1742 914 570 579 577 578 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
227% Outstanding
Read 2282
Write 1,792
Mixed 1,536
SusWrite 827
359% 1,609 MB/s
4K Read 61.9
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 77.4
258% 87.4 MB/s
DQ Read 64.7
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 85.6
71% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 227%
Great: 296%
Kanguru FlashBlu 30 64GB
33GB free, PID 1104
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 169 170 171 164 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
67.7% Good
Read 194
Write 145
Mixed 51.5
SusWrite 168
178% 139 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
49% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
76.1% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 22.3
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 30
SC Mixed 23.8
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 64
62% 64 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: Lenovo 81CU

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