Lenovo Lenovo A720

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	21.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 52% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Lenovo Lenovo A720 (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO ChiefRiver
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120326
Uptime	28.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '17 at 09:49
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	47%
CPU Throttled	52%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3610QM-$300 38,575 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Memory 65.6 1-Core 32.6 2-Core 53 35% 50.4 Pts	4-Core 94.6 8-Core 140 15% 117 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630M 7,774 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Legend(17AA 362B) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Lighting 4.93 Reflection 5.81 Parallax 4 4% 4.91 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.52 4% 4.77 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FASTDISK64G 60GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.09 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1612 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2228234 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AD) Unknown 1 1 390858670304 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 129 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C2) HDA temperature 75 75 257700003865 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11804424200 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14346902751	21.7% Poor	Read 242 Write 5.93 Mixed 51 21% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 1.69 38% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 30.5 DQ Mixed 2.07 9% 20.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 50GB free Firmware: 03.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 1966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2865 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2806 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 142 142 174848 (C2) HDA temperature 97 81 50 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.4% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 59.2 Mixed 70.5 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.15 50% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 54%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 256GB-$126 448 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 31GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 264 Write 186 Mixed 181 255% 210 MB/s	4K Read 3.69 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.67 66% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF51264HZ-1G6M1 2x4GB 5,422 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.9 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 58%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Lenovo Lenovo A720

CPU
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	5x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 630MNvidiaBench 3%, 7,774 samples	6x

SSD
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	1x
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	1x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	1x

RAM
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	2x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	1x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 8,533 samples	1x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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