Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.13% 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 Drive322% 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.
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.
SystemLenovo 81CU  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory17.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200522
Uptime11 Days
Run DateOct 12 '20 at 14:12
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
CPU Throttled 89%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
73.6% Very good
Memory 74.3
1-Core 118
2-Core 249
80% 147 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 562
60% 478 Pts
64-Core 560
35% 560 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6913
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.13% Terrible
Lighting 7.53
Reflection 24.7
Parallax 7.88
6% 13.4 fps
MRender 9.05
Gravity 6.93
Splatting 15.4
9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.13%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170
395GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1678 1583 1742 1603 1521 1318 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
322% Outstanding
Read 2,239
Write 1,364
Mixed 813
SusWrite 1,574
334% 1,497 MB/s
4K Read 60
4K Write 190
4K Mixed 81.5
296% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 1,133
DQ Write 906
DQ Mixed 1,010
759% 1,016 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 322%
Great: 393%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 859B CT16G4SFD824A.C16FE 24GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 16384 MB
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
59.3% Above average
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 18.5
59% 20.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 21.9
SC Mixed 21.3
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 91.8
44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 81CU Builds (Compare 467 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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