Lenovo 20156

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 17% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 13.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	3.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Lenovo 20156 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO Emerald Lake 2
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120910
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '19 at 18:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3110M-$70 34,445 User benchmarks, average bench 48% CPU Socket - U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Memory 17 1-Core 23.1 2-Core 36 15% 25.4 Pts	4-Core 55.7 8-Core 56 8% 55.8 Pts	64-Core 72.8 4% 72.8 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Legend(17AA 3977) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.3% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 4.85 Parallax 2.53 3% 3.68 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 6.91 4% 4.49 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.3% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 18 32 12 28 27 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	3% Terrible	Read 15.6 Write 40.5 Mixed 18.1 SusWrite 22.1 6% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.3 3% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 3% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 52GB free Firmware: 0001LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 15 8.8 14 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 23.2 Mixed 10.4 SusWrite 13.1 11% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 30% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP691160-H65-MCN Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 9.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 3.7 12% 4.3 GB/s	Latency 344 12% 344 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 56%

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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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 20156

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	28x
Celeron B830IntelBench 43%, 3,455 samples	20x
Core i3-3110MIntel $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples	19x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	63x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples	32x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	17x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	6x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x

RAM
RMT3160ED58E9W1600 1x4GBRamaxelBench 28%, 4,855 samples	14x
RMT3150ED58E8W1600 1x2GBRamaxelBench 23%, 670 samples	9x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 8,533 samples	9x

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Value: 34% - Below average

Total price: $141

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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