Lenovo 3597CTO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.96% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Lenovo 3597CTO (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 16:22
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 203 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 386 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000 15,855 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 084A) 1GB CLim: 625 MHz, MLim: 652 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 369.39 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	5.96% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 6.6 6% 7.67 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 7 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.96% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 95 96 89 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 118 Write 112 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 95.7 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 69%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 423GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 89 89 88 88 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 86.1 Write 82.9 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 87.1 56% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 44%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 29.1 Write 23.1 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 19.1 18% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.6 169% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 67%
VendorCo ProductCode 1TB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 976GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 16 16 15 16 16 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	7.99% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 18.6 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 14.9 20% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 26% 1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.99% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMR5040ED58E9W1600 2x4GB 1,811 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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Typical 3597CTO Builds (Compare 12 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 3597CTO

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	4x
Core i5-3550Intel $335Bench 69%, 23,599 samples	3x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	1x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	4x
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	3x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
870 Evo 250GBSamsung $31Bench 101%, 14,082 samples	2x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	1x

RAM
RMR5040ED58E9W1600 2x4GBRamaxelBench 54%, 1,811 samples	4x
M378B1G73EB0-YK0 12GBSamsungBench 37%, 33 samples	2x
1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 3,554 samples	1x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $90

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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