Lenovo's IdeaPad Y560D 3D Laptop Reviewed
System Configuration, 3DMark and Vantage
We've assembled a series of recently reviewed systems of varying configurations but approximately the same price point. The systems below, when reviewed, range from $100-$200 less than the Y560D to $100-$200 more.
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| Lenovo Y560D Intel Core i7-720M (1.6GHz) 4GB DDR3 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon 5730 On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 1x500GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM* SATA Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) 14" LED LCD Display (native 1366x768) |
Asus U43F Intel Core i5-450M (2.4GHz) 4GB DDR3 Intel GMA HD (Arrandale) On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 1x640GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM SATA Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) 14" LED LCD Display (native 1366x768) |
Asus G73 Intel Core i7-720M (1.6GHz) 8GB DDR3 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon 5870 On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 2x500GB HDD 7,200 RPM SATA RAID 0 Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) 17.3" Display (native 1920x1080) |
Toshiba Tecra A11 Intel Core i7-620M (2.66GHz) 4GB DDR3 512MB NVIDIA NVS2100M On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 1x320GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM SATA Windows 7 Home Pro 64-bit 15.6" LED backlit Display (native 1600x900) |
HP EliteBook 8440w Intel Core i7-620M (2.67GHz) 4GB DDR3 512MB NV Quadro FX 380M On-Board Ethernet On-Board Audio 1x320GB Hard drive 7,200 RPM SATA Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) 15.6" Full HD Display (native 1920x1080) |
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The Futuremark 3DMark06 CPU benchmark consists of tests that use the CPU to render 3D scenes, rather than the GPU. It runs several threads simultaneously and is designed to utilize multiple processor cores.
It's not surprising that we'd see the Asus machine fall behind the Lenovo system here, and the Toshiba result is a good example of both the power and the limitations of multi-threading. While the slower Core i7 4C/8T chip does win past the A11's dual-core, the gap is quite small. Even good multi-threading doesn't automatically mean more threads will rocket past higher clockspeeds.
We ran the Lenovo Y560D through Futuremark’s latest system performance metric PCMark Vantage. This benchmark suite creates a host of different usage scenarios to simulate different types of workloads including High Definition video and movie playback and manipulation, gaming, image editing and manipulation, music compression, communications, and productivity. We like the fact that most of the tests are multi-threaded as well, in order to exploit the additional resources offered by multi-core processors.
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We ran the Lenovo Y560D through Futuremark’s latest system performance metric PCMark Vantage. This benchmark suite creates a host of different usage scenarios to simulate different types of workloads including High Definition video and movie playback and manipulation, gaming, image editing and manipulation, music compression, communications, and productivity. We like the fact that most of the tests are multi-threaded as well, in order to exploit the additional resources offered by multi-core processors.
Performance results in PCMark Vantage are surprisingly tight given the significant configuration differences from system to system. The Y560D isn't far off the tail of the U43F, despite the difference in clockspeed and core count between the two systems. On the other hand, the Asus G73, which uses the same CPU as the Lenovo Y560D, left our review unit in the dust, presumably thanks to its RAID 0 array and 8GB of RAM.
