Lenovo 81CU

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.71% 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	131% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

System	Lenovo 81CU (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO LNVNB161216
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '21 at 14:03
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 141 75% 119 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 458 51% 403 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 39AB) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6913 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.71% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 8.4 6% 15.2 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 11.5 8% 10 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.71% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS512GD9TNG-62A0A 512GB 1,335 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80001E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 263 313 292 187 394 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,128 Write 313 Mixed 382 SusWrite 288 115% 528 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 26.1 153% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 733 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 316 295% 467 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 200%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMAA51S6AMR6N-UH Ramaxel RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 16GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 77%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo 81CU

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	382x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	88x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	350x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	114x
RTX 2060Nvidia $269Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	99x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBench 112%, 7,301 samples	66x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 239%, 34,988 samples	57x

RAM
M471A1K43BB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 2,119 samples	74x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Ramaxel RMSA3260MD78HAF-2666 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 290 samples	60x
M471A1K43BB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GBSamsungBench 71%, 305 samples	39x

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