PC World - USA (2019-07)

58 PCWorld JULY 2019

REVIEWS LENOVO THINKPAD X390

half the RAM), the latter

routinely loaded

webpages faster under

the “Better Battery”

setting. The X390

reestablished a clear

lead only with both

laptops on their “Best

Performance” setting.

Unless you’re plugged

into AC or willing to

burn more battery life, you may miss some of

the extra power you’re paying for.

Now, onto the benchmarks.

PCMark 8’s Work 2.0 benchmark cycles

through simulated

productivity tasks such

as spreadsheet editing

and video chat. It’s

obviously an important

use case for business

laptops, and any score

over 2,000 is good.

The ThinkPad X390’s

score of 3,784 topped

For a 13-inch Core-i7

laptop, the ThinkPad

X390 holds up well over

a long period of intensive

work.

that of every other thin-and-light laptop we’ve

tested. Only HP’s Spectre x360 and

Samsung’s Notebook 9 Pro came close.

HandBrake was another highlight for the

According to PCMark,

the ThinkPad X390 is

good at business

Lenovo ThinkPad X390(Core i7-8565U)

HP Spectre x360 13 (2019) (Core i7-8565U)

Samsung Notebook 9 Pro

(2019) (Core i7-8565U)

Lenovo IdeaPad 730S-13IWL

(Core i7-8265U)

Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga

(Core i7-8265U)

Dell XPS 13 9380(Core i5-8565U)

M(Core i5-8250H)icrosoft Surface Laptop 2

PCMark 8 Work 2.0 Conventional

(Native resolution)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

3,784

3,413

3,612

2,860

3,632

3,205

3,431

Dell XPS 13 9380

(Core i5-8565U)

M(Core i5-8250H)icrosoft Surface Laptop 2

Lenovo ThinkPad X390(Core i7-8565U)

Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga(Core i7-8265U)

HP Spectre x360 13

(2019) (Core i7-8565U)

Lenovo IdeaPad 730S-13IWL

(Core i7-8265U)

Samsung Notebook 9 Pro

(2019) (Core i7-8565U)

HandBrake Encode

(Android Tablet) (Seconds)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

3,459

4,302

3,898

4,907

3,874

4,611

4,286