Lenovo 20238

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 58.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Lenovo 20238 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO INVALID
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131125
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '16 at 14:46
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4000M-$259 7,973 User benchmarks, average bench 51% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Memory 86.6 1-Core 35.2 2-Core 112 50% 77.9 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 179 24% 178 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 3801) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4279 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	1.62% Terrible	Lighting 1.77 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 2.31 1% 2.17 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2.78 2% 2.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.62% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 100 1057 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 958 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2026 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2079 (A9) Unknown 100 100 15 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2050 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 274877906988 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 68 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 192027 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2666 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1810	31.8% Below average	Read 201 Write 156 Mixed 143 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 2.07 43% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15.3 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 2.09 18% 39.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 78%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 126GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 1958 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17305 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3652 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 661 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66944 (C2) HDA temperature 123 87 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 61 319776 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 90 90 7804	34.1% Below average	Read 21.9 Write 96.8 Mixed 19.5 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173BH0-YK0 Elpida EBJ81UG8EFU0-GN-F 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 13.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 46%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 20238

CPU
Core i5-4200MIntel $39Bench 50%, 33,019 samples	408x
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	313x
Core i3-4000MIntel $259Bench 51%, 7,973 samples	132x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	952x
Radeon R5 M230AMDBench 4%, 157 samples	12x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	11x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	28x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	25x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	17x

RAM
M471B5173QH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 25%, 38,580 samples	51x
RMT3170EF68F9W1600 1x4GBRamaxelBench 28%, 4,466 samples	43x
M471B5173BH0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 26%, 3,518 samples	39x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $77

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16