Lenovo 3249EPU

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 46.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Lenovo 3249EPU (all builds)
Motherboard	LENOVO 3249EPU
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 18:54
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 M 560-$65 10,722 User benchmarks, average bench 41% None, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Memory 63.5 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 109 47% 77.1 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 173 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz) 99,513 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Legend(17AA 215A) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2900 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.92 Parallax 0.66 0% 0.75 fps	MRender 1.05 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.95 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 77 69 69 73 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.9% Below average	Read 216 Write 107 Mixed 129 SusWrite 75 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 10.1 54% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 29.8 43% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 65%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 14 15 13 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 15.3 Mixed 18.3 SusWrite 13.6 23% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.2 105% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GB 15,815 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1334 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.4% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.6 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 51%

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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 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Lenovo 3249EPU

CPU
Core i5 M 560Intel $65Bench 41%, 10,722 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics (Arrandale 0.667/0.766 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 99,513 samples	1x

SSD
K1 120GBBench 55%, 1 sample	1x

RAM
M471B5673FH0-CF8 2x2GBSamsungBench 25%, 6,000 samples	1x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $65

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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