Tech Advisor - UK (2020-06)

44 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020

REVIEW

sub-600 multi-thread Cinebench scores (which is more

typical for 8th-gen Core i5 systems), while that dual-

core Acer Aspire 5 unsurprisingly falls into last place.

Besides the multi-threaded Cinebench results, we

also consider the single-thread scores to gauge the

efficiency of a laptop’s single-core performance. Again,

the Yoga C740 snags a solid third-place score (tying

with the HP Pavilion x360), trailing the Core i7-powered

HP Envy and the Acer Swift 3, a thin and light budget

laptop powered by a Core i5-1035G1 Ice Lake CPU.

3DMark 8 Sky Diver 1.0

For graphics performance, we turn to 3DMark 8

Sky Diver 1.0, a benchmark designed to test the

The Lenovo Yoga C740 finished in the top three for our

all-threads Cinebench tests, which measures a laptop’s

performance under brief but intense CPU loads

44 TECH ADVISOR • JUNE 2020

REVIEW

sub-600 multi-thread Cinebench scores (which is more

typical for 8th-gen Core i5 systems), while that dual-

core Acer Aspire 5 unsurprisingly falls into last place.

Besides the multi-threaded Cinebench results, we

also consider the single-thread scores to gauge the

efficiency of a laptop’s single-core performance. Again,

the Yoga C740 snags a solid third-place score (tying

with the HP Pavilion x360), trailing the Core i7-powered

HP Envy and the Acer Swift 3, a thin and light budget

laptop powered by a Core i5-1035G1 Ice Lake CPU.

3DMark 8 Sky Diver 1.0

For graphics performance, we turn to 3DMark 8

Sky Diver 1.0, a benchmark designed to test the

The Lenovo Yoga C740 finished in the top three for our

all-threads Cinebench tests, which measures a laptop’s

performance under brief but intense CPU loads