PC World - USA (2020-05)

74 PCWorld MAY 2020

REVIEWS LENOVO YOGA C940 15

pcworld.com/d759) and Acer’s Nitro 7 (go.

pcworld.com/nit7).

Similar results emerged in Rise of the

Tomb Raider’s benchmarking tool, where

the Lenovo Yoga C940 15 posted an

average of 53.2 frames per second. Several

other GTX 1650 laptops managed higher

framerates (though Dell’s XPS 15 actually

did worse here).

In practical terms, this means you’ll be

able to play some modern competitive

shooters like Fortnite and Apex Legends

without issue, even at 1080p and the highest

possible settings. But with games that are

more demanding, you may have to ratchet

resolution down to 720p or reduce quality

settings for consistently high framerates. On

the brighter side, while the system’s fan can

get loud during gaming, it avoids the jet

engine-like whine of more powerful gaming

machines.

With any laptop that has a discrete

Rise of the TombRaider

Very High DX11 19x10

(Fps)

M9SDSI G65 Stealth

Core i7-9750H

Razer Blade 15Core i7-8750H

Lenovo Legion Y7000P

Core i7-8750H

Acer Nitro 7Core i7-9750H

Acer Nitro 5Core i5-9300H

Lenovo Yoga C940 15

Core i7-9750H

Dell XPS 15 7590Core i7-9880

Lenovo ThinkPad Extreme X1 Gen 2

Core i7-9850H

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

89.43

56.56

72

79.77

49.34

59.9

53.2

You can still play modern PC games on the C940

15, of course, but you may have to tweak a few

settings to keep framerates up.

49.22

3DMark TimeSpy 1.1

Graphics (DX12)

(Demo mode off)

M9SDSI G65 Stealth

Core i7-9750H

Razer Blade 15Core i7-8750H

Lenovo Legion Y7000P

Core i7-8750H

Acer Nitro 5Core i5-9300H

Acer Nitro 7Core i7-9750H

Dell XPS 15 7590Core i7-9880

Lenovo Yoga C940 15

Core i7-9750H

Lenovo ThinkPad Extreme X1 Gen 2

Core i7-9850H

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

5,359

3,398

3,674

4,911

3,071

2,962

3,509

3,350

The C940 15 slick design, made possible by

Nvidia’s Max-Q tech requires some compromise in

the graphics department.