Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics7.71% 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.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190524
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 10 '19 at 05:29
Run Duration78 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 (93rd percentile)
68.7% Good
Memory 74.1
1-Core 112
2-Core 224
75% 137 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 508
53% 425 Pts
64-Core 479
30% 479 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6576
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.71% Terrible
Lighting 8.03
Reflection 25
Parallax 8.25
6% 13.8 fps
MRender 11.9
Gravity 7.43
Splatting 15.8
10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.71%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2L1QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2160
Write 981
Mixed 1,428
335% 1523 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 76.9
249% 86.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,103
DQ Write 959
DQ Mixed 1,014
765% 1,025 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 296%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
60.3% Good
MC Read 23.2
MC Write 22.7
MC Mixed 19.3
62% 21.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 19.3
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 92.3
43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CU Builds (Compare 470 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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