Lenovo 81C4

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.74% 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 Drive	134% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 90% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Lenovo 81C4 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181009
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '21 at 23:29
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 64.8 1-Core 63 2-Core 160 54% 95.9 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 470 47% 383 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 3803) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6346 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.74% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 8.1 6% 7.93 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 11.5 8% 9.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.74% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GB 3,929 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10130001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 718 832 756 560 453 419 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 622 Write 977 Mixed 382 SusWrite 623 147% 651 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 48.2 162% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 666 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 529 377% 491 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 256%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GB 4,611 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 21.8 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 81C4

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	283x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	27x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	293x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	4x

SSD
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	76x
PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1101 512GBWDCBench 195%, 3,929 samples	63x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	52x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	134x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 4,611 samples	63x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD M471A5244CB0-CTD 12GBSamsungBench 57%, 801 samples	60x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16