Lenovo 42915B4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 29%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive44.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 33% 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.
SystemLenovo 42915B4  (all builds)
MotherboardLENOVO 42915B4
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20120402
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateMar 11 '17 at 16:12
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 100%
CPU Throttled 33%

 PC Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2520M-$34
CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
29.7% Poor
Memory 54.6
1-Core 13.7
2-Core 25.2
24% 31.2 Pts
4-Core 29.4
8-Core 35
4% 32.2 Pts
64-Core 35.5
2% 35.5 Pts
Poor: 21%
This bench: 29.7%
Great: 59%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)
Legend(17AA 21DA) 2GB
Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
1.13% Terrible
Lighting 1.2
Reflection 1.85
Parallax 0.81
1% 1.29 fps
MRender 1.71
Gravity 1.33
Splatting 2.09
1% 1.71 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.13%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
44.3% Average
Read 470
Write 211
Mixed 304
72% 328 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 23.2
4K Mixed 5.88
39% 13.9 MB/s
DQ Read 12.4
DQ Write 48.1
DQ Mixed 6.42
12% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 44.3%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905428-073.A00LF 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
20.8% Poor
MC Read 7.1
MC Write 7.1
MC Mixed 8.4
22% 7.53 GB/s
SC Read 4.3
SC Write 3.8
SC Mixed 2.7
10% 3.6 GB/s
Latency 144
28% 144 ns
Poor: 21%
This bench: 20.8%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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