Setup & Testing Procedures
When you first turn the system on you are brought right in to Windows 7. It is a pretty clean install although Lenovo has installed its smile dock and a few other programs.
Getting CPU-Z and GPU-Z installed we can take a look at what’s under the hood.
As you can see we have an Intel Core i5-2410M running at 2.30GHz and a GeForce GT 555M, which has a GPU clock of 753MHz.
We will be running this system through a full battery of benchmarks and tests. We have them outlined in 3 different sections below.
General System Testing
Windows Experience Index
Boxee (download)
Windows Media Center
HD Movie Playback
Battery Testing
Intensive Testing
PC Mark Vantage (download)
Geekbench (download)
AIDA 64 (download)
– Cache & Memory Benchmark
SiSoftware Sandra (download)
– Processor Arithmetic
– Processor Multimedia
– Sandra Physical Disks
Video Testing
3DMark Vantage (download)
Counter-Strike: Source (Buy)
TrackMania Nations Forever
Borderlands (Buy)
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine (Buy)
I have two questions about this machine.
Can I separate the battery out and plug power in then still turn on the system?
I am definitely going to use desktop replacement, but sometimes I need to work outside for several hours, so I want to save battery life as long as possible.
Second, HDD is 5400 rpm, and does it really really feel like slow old past time relics?
I do not usually care about HDD speed, but I heard lots of people complaint about 5400 rpm.
Is it critical? or endurable?
Anyway, it IS AWESOME review!
Love the review. Hate the auto-play video next to it. I’ll try not to come back here. I’d rather have some sort of control over what I’m assaulted with.
Thanks for your comments, you are able to completely disable the ad permanently by clicking “disable video ad” right below it.