Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 (2015)

by Ching-Wan Yip

First published: April 6, 2015

Last Updated: May 25, 2015 7:12 AM


Announced : 2015/01/04 http://news.lenovo.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1877

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Specification

Weight

post office scale

  X1C3 MBP13r2015e
machine 2 lb 14.45 oz 3 lb 6.9 oz
AC adapter 0 lb. 10.3 oz 0 lb. 12.75 oz (using ac power cord, not plug)
traveling weight 3 lb. 8.75 oz 4 lb. 3.65 oz

Pricing

as of 2015/04/07

Tested System

i5, 8GB, 256GB 20BTS1BB00

TPM

- pending

Device Manager

Thermal

FLIR i7 thermal camera - http://www.flir.com/thermography/americas/us/view/?id=54156

right vent the hotest spot almost 40 °C

front

bottom

left

right

 

 

Benchmark - IntelBurnTest

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?197835-IntelBurnTest-The-new-stress-testing-program

v2.54

  X1 Carbon Gen 3 Dell XPS 13 5200U X1 Carbon Gen 2 4300U ThinkPad Yoga
4200U
X1 Carbon
W8E32 (v2.54)
T430s (v2.53) T420s (v2.53)
Linepack (GFlops) 32.4892-36.3534 34.6988-35.6970 24.2526-27.5642 29.4538-32.9418 26.6-26.9 ~35-36  ~28-29
time (s) 24.589-27.513 25.013-25.761 32.429-36.857 27.135-30.349 33.2-33.5    

Benchmark - PassMark

http://www.passmark.com/

v8 build 1046

  X1 Carbon Gen 3 Dell E7450 X1 Carbon Gen 2 4300U Intel 240GB ThinkPad Yoga 4200U Samsung 128GB X1 Carbon W8E32 (v8) T430s (v7) T420s (v7)
Rating 2094.7 2136.7 1764.5 1954.7 1558.1 1548.9 1061.1
CPU Mark 3921 4114 3177 3574 2592 4535.0 3099.7
2D Graphics Mark 542 567 485.6 575 454 433.0 356.8
3D Graphics Mark 577 594 423.2 519 432 478.2 300.7
Memory Mark 2012 1959 1770 1864 1254 1324.5 948.2
Disk Mark 3088 2786 4442 2527 3451 792.5 462.1

Benchmark - WinSAT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_System_Assessment_Tool

MB/s
X1 Carbon Gen 3 Dell E7450 ThinkPad Yoga X1 Carbon Gen 2 Helix X1 Carbon W8E32 Taichi T430s T420s
W520 T510 T400/W500
CPU LZW Compression
224.28 243.04 238.02 238.65 206.07 174.59 243.92 267.54 220.56
495.30 171.94 119.46
CPU AES256 Encryption
1240.40 1290.37 1235.14? 1263.36? 100.92 83.69 117.71 129.63     106.00 228.19 77.55 62.17
CPU Vista Compression
616.20 664.58 636.75 637.11 553.80 601.28 650.05 719.58+ 745.99 1311.40 569.76 368.56
CPU SHA1 Hash 915.12 842.94 773.47 958.79 633.67 545.80 739.87 891.80 653.23 1397.21 420.36 568.14
Uniproc CPU LZW Compression
94.20 101.36 88.0 101.89 83.63 68.99 99.44 107.72 78.42 94.79+ 69.51 61.87
Uniproc CPU AES256 Encryption 348.94 374.74 336.45? 375.10? 52.10 39.29 60.44 66.43 46.34 59.53 38.03 32.76
Uniproc CPU Vista Compression 248.56 267.06 226.55 263.23 208.13 237.40 243.24 273.65 261.65 251.55+ 207.42 194.03
Uniproc CPU SHA1 Hash 396.57 427.02 383.90 428.47 357.95 304.14 413.22 420.78 319.53 343.79+ 238.53 297.66
Dshow Video Encode Time (s) 2.78059 2.59370 2.70669 2.67998 2.88483 2.75325 2.46806 2.45161 2.61391 1.45114 3.35620 5.31552
Memory Performance 16124.03 15918.68 15798.61 17305.41 12898.00 12785.98 14939.07 15768.97 13239.94 9235.90+ 6194.03 5322.44

Benchmark - PCMark

http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmark

PCMark 8 Home Accelerated 3.0

  X1C3 (2.4.304) ThinkPad Yoga 12 (2.0.228 (2.2.282.0 pending))
Score 3085 3156
Test Duration 35 m 59 s 35 m 46 s
Web Browsing - JunglePin 0.32439 s 0.32406 s
Web Browsing - Amazonia 0.13423 s 0.13418 s
Writing 4.4 s 4.5 s
Casual Gaming 26 fps 26 fps
Video Chat v2 / Video Chat playback 1 v2 30 fps 30 fps
Video Chat v2 / Video Chat encoding v2 84 ms 82 ms
Advanced Photo Editing part 1 0.28395 s 0.24269 s

 

PCMark 7 pending

v7 v1.0.4 X1C score: 4698

v7 v1.0.4 T430s score: 3093

v7 v1.4.0 T420s HD 3000 i5-2520M 3GB RAM W7E64 SSD score: 3427

 

Benchmark - GeekBench

http://www.primatelabs.com/geekbench/download/windows/

v3.3.2 x32

performance

X1C3
single-core score

X1C3
multi-core score
Dell E7450 single Dell 7450 multi

X1C2
4300U
single-core

X1C2
4300U
multi-core
ThinkPad Yoga
4200U
single
ThinkPad Yoga
4200U
multi
  2738 5411 2846 5661 2770 5289 2560 4777
integer 2688 5948 2880 6331 2716 5975 2454 5282
floating point 2678 5935 2872 6388 2696 5752 2444 5214
memory 3959 3292 2729 2871 3030 2992 3004 2897

Benchmark - SiSoftware Sandra

http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/

2015-SP1a 21.32.2015.3

  X1C3 ThinkPad Yoga 12 ThinkPad Yoga
4200U**
2014.05.20.28
ThinkPad Yoga
4300U*
X1 Carbon Gen 2
4300U
X1 Carbon W8E32 T430s W7E64 SSD T420s W7E64 SSD W520 W8E64 SSD
Score kPT 7.65 7.63 3.20 3.95/4.02 3.27 3.98 4.17
4.36 (2012-1845)
4.18 7.04
Aggregate Native Performance GOPS 40.81 40.71       34.75 49.22 43.19 80.87
Aggregate Multi-Media Native Performance MPix/s 92.33 92.15       64.88 111.00 98.06 185.78
Cryptographic Bandwidth GB/s 2.935 2.930       0.763 1.32 1.138 1.937
Aggregate Option Pricing Performance kOPT/s 6.65 6.67              
Aggregate Scientific Performance GFLOPS 10.62 10.16              
Aggregate .NET Performance GOPS 10.79 10.86       10.53 13.14 12.59 22.44
Aggregate Memory Performance GB/s 18.435 18.596       16.231 10.748 12.341 17.191
Memory Latency ns 28.9 30.4       55.1 26.6 26.6 29.2
Drive Score IOPS MB/s 435.597 434.360       396.608 422.204 420.774
(60.298 HDD 2011?)
506.368
Device Score IOPS 12871.8 12624.0       10440.2 4162.3 9995.9 15286.9
Aggregate Shader Performance MPix/s (GP (GPU/CPU/APU) 89.12 91.16       126.61 73.95 32.48 126.40
Aggregate Option Pricing Performance kOPT/s (GP) 86.52 85.75              
Aggregate Scientific Performance GFLOPS (GP) 38.72 39.48              
Aggregate Memory Performance GB/s (GP) 9.856 10.212       6.474 5.850 5.855 11.026

2014 SP1C 20.25 -

* didn't completely finished test first time. mouse crashed on second time.

** Aggregate Memory not reported, OpenCL error 339

Benchmark - CPU - Handbrake

http://handbrake.fr/

Handbrake - 2h10m Grandmaster 7.27GB DVD

  fps Model CPU clock RAM OS  
15m46s 247 X1C3 i5-5200U 2.2GHz (Turbo 2.7GHz) 8GB Windows 8.1 64-bit 0.10.1 H.264 (x264)
14m26s 270 ThinkPad Yoga 12 i5-5200U 2.2GHz (Turbo 2.7GHz) 8GB Windows 8.1 64-bit 0.10.1 Intel QSV
19m32s 200 ThinkPad Yoga 12 i5-5200U 2.2GHz (Turbo 2.7GHz) 8GB Windows 8.1 64-bit 0.9.8 (use the newer versions instead for work, this is for the purpose of comparison with older results only)
19m28s   X1 Carbon Gen 2 i5-4200U 1.60GHz (Turbo to ? GHz) 4/8GB Windows 8.1 64-bit  
21m33s 181 X1 Carbon Gen 2 i5-4300U 1.90GHz (Turbo to 2.12-2.17GHz) 8GB Windows 8.1 64-bit Intel 240GB SSD
19m29s 200 ThinkPad S1 Yoga i5-4300U 1.90GHz (Turbo to 2.23-2.33GHz) 8GB Windows 8.1 64-bit Lite-On 256GB SSD
20m56s 186 Sony VAIO Pro 13 i7-4500U 1.80GHz (runing at 1.60GHz even at 86% utilitzation using high performance profile, cannot Turbo to 3.0GHz) 8GB Windows 8.1 64-bit  
16m32s 236 X1 Carbon Touch i7-3667U 2.00GHz (Turbo to 2.95GHz) 8GB Windows 8 64-bit  
21m28s 182 Surface Pro i5-3317U 1.70GHz (Turbo to 2.38GHz) 4GB Windows 8.1 64-bit  
17m00s 229 T430s i5-3320 2.60GHz 4GB Windows 7 32-bit  
10m01s 389 M14R2 i7-3610QM 2.30GHz 16GB Windows 7 HP 64-bit mSATA boot, data on HDD
19m27s 200 T420s i5-2520 2.50GHz 3GB Windows 7 32-bit Intel mSATA boot, not enough room, source on Seagate BackUp Plus FAST STDA4000100 USB 3.0
11m17s 345 W520 i7-2720QM 2.20GHz (Turbo to 2.69-2.97GHz 16GB Windows 8 64-bit (Samsung 840 PRO RAPID mode enabled DXM06B0Q firmware
26m50s 145 T410 i5-M520 2.40GHz 3GB Windows 7 32-bit  

 

Benchmark - SunSpider

http://www.webkit.org/perf/sunspider/sunspider.html

1.0.2

ms X1C3 ThinkPad Yoga 12 Dell E7450 Apple MBP13r (early 2015) ThinkPad Yoga S1 X1 Carbon Gen 2 X1 Carbon W8E32 Taichi W8-64 T430s W7E32 HDD T420s W7E32 mSATA W520 W8E64 SSD
IE 124.4 (11.0.9600.17728) 111.3 103.7   105.8 113.5 (11.0.9600.16521 update 11.0.4) 141.7 (10 desktop) 120.6 (10 desktop) 129.9 (10 metro) 183.9 (9) 203.3 (9) 113.0 (10 desktop)
FF 192.6 192.4 212.7

160.4 (37.0.1)

154.5 (31.6.0 ESR)

181.2 (28.0 no addons/plugins)
191.2 (27.0.1)
  231.6 (19.0.1) 211.4 (19.0.1) 188.7 (19.0) 203.1 (19.0) 197.7 (19.0.1)
Chrome 206.6 (42.0.2311.90m) 213.9 220.0 180.3 (41.0.2272.118) 194.1   204.8 (25.0.1364.97) 190.2 (25.0.1364.97) 175.3 (25.0.1364.97) 194.7 (25.0.1364.97)

169.2 (25.0.1364.152)

Safari       139.6 (8.0.5)              

Benchmark - Firefox

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/

about startup 0.1.12 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/about-startup

X1C3 ThinkPad Yoga 12 (37.0.1) ThinkPad Yoga (28.0)  
8 14 21 start
20 34 31 main
114 134 99 startupCrashDetectionBegin
245 272 181 createTopLevelWindow
617 740 552 firstLoadURI
625 722 551 firstPaint
180 202 602 sessionRestored
43 50 43 selectProfile
43 51 43 afterProfileLocked

c.f. with other http://users.wfu.edu/yipcw/atg/moz_ff_tb/firefox/startup/

 

Benchmark - Graphics - 3D Mark

http://www.3dmark.com/

v1.5.884.0

graphics driver not approved)

  Score Graphics Physics Combined
Ice Storm 1.2

X1C3 43935

(E7450 52816)
(XPS 13 52915 (better than 7% of all results))
(X1C2 39209)
(X1C1 31733)

X1C3 47254 (211.51/199.74 fps)

(E7450 59778 (255.57/264.39 fps))
(XPS 13 61463 (262.79/271.83 fps))
(X1C2 44344 (213.93/175.47 fps))
(X1C1 35603 (168/144 fps))

X1C3 35266 (111.96 fps)

(E7450 37523 (119.12 fps))
(XPS 13 35591 (112.99 fps))
(X1C2 27902 (88.58 fps))
(X1C1 22989 (73 fps))

 
Cloud Gate 1.1

X1C3 5022

(E7450 5306)
(XPS 13 5246)
(X1C2 4083)
(X1C1 3425)

X1C3 6262 (27.85/26.64 fps)

(E7450 28.76/18.42 fps)
(XPS 13 6754 (29.59/29.15 fps))
(X1C2 5066 (22.44/21.63 fps))
(X1C1 4172 (18/19 fps))

X1C3 2967 (9.42 fps)

(E7450 3166 (10.05 fps))
(XPS 13 2945 (9.35 fps))
(X1C2 2432 (7.72 fps))
(X1C1 2106 (7 fps))

 
Fire Strike 1.1

X1C3 696

(E7450 742)
(XPS 13 752)
(X1C2 531 (7% of all results))
(X1C1 483)

X1C3 748 (3.51/3.03 fps)

(E7450 788)
(XPS 13 810 (3.85/3.25 fps))
(X1C2 592 (2.75/2.42 fps))
(X1C1 532 (2/2 fps))

X1C3 4172 (13.25 fps)

(E7450 4507)
(XPS 13 4176 (13.26 fps))
(X1C2 3518 (11.17 fps))
(X1C1 2968 (9 fps))

X1C3 252 1.17fps)

(E7450 276)
(XPS 13 273 (1.27 fps))
(X1C2 182 (0.85 fps))
(X1C1 164 (0.76 fps))

Sky Diver 1.0

X1C3 2539

(E7450 2718)
(XPS 13 2774)

X1C3 2402 (11.63/10.38 fps)

(E7450 2562 (12.34/11.13 fps))
(XPS 13 2631 (12.89/11.25 fps))

X1C3 3835 (73.98 fps 8 threads)

(E7450 4168 (70.94 fps))
(XPS 13 4076 (70.28 fps))

X1C3 2358 (9.71 fps)

(E7450 2552 (10.51 fps))
(XPS 13 2597)

 

Benchmark - Maxon CineBench

http://www.maxon.net/products/cinebench/overview.html

R15

  X1 Carbon Gen 3 Dell E7450 ThinkPad Yoga
OpenGL (fps) 28.38 30.91 24.5
Ref. Match 98.0% 98.0% 98%
CPU 254 cb 281 cb 226 cb
CPU (Single Core) 110 cb 92 cb 81 cb
MP Ratio 2.30x 3.49x 2.45x

Benchmark - FurMark

http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

1.15.1.0

720 preset

  X1 Carbon Gen 3 Dell E7450 X1 Carbon Gen 2 4300U ThinkPad Yoga 4200U X1 Carbon
points 446 507 346 413 423
fps 7 8 5 6 7
60000 ms (min:7, max: 11) (min:8, max:10) (min:6, max:9) (min:7, max:10)  

Benchmark - Graphics - Unigine Heaven 4.0

https://unigine.com/products/heaven/

Mac:

ThinkPad Yoga

X1C3

  X1C3 TP Yoga 12 Ultra TP Yoga 12 High MBP13r2015 High MBP13r2015 Med ThinkPad Yoga
FPS 9.1 7.9 9.0 10.9 12.2 6.1
Score 228 200 226 276 208 153
Min FPS 4.7 5.5 4.7 2.7 2.8 3.8
Max FPS 16.0 13.9 16.1 20.6 22.1 11.5

 

Benchmark - Graphics - Unigine Valley 1.0

https://unigine.com/products/valley/

  X1C3 TP Yoga 12 Ultra TP Yoga 12 High MBP13r2015e High MBP13r2015e Med ThinkPad Yoga
FPS 8.8 7.2 8.4 9.9-10.2 11.8 3.7
Score 367 301 351 413-427 493 153
Min FPS 5.1 4.3 4.8 5.1-5.3 6.7 2.1
Max FPS 14.4 11.5 13.5 17.2 18.1 6.7

 

Benchmark - Graphics - VMD

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/

1.9.2

DNA

  X1C3 ThinkPad Yoga 12 ThinkPad Yoga
fps 1750 2140 3172

 

CPK

  X1C3 ThinkPad Yoga 12 ThinkPad Yoga X1 Carbon Gen 2 X1 Carbon W8E32 T430s Discreet (Optimus) T430s Integrated (Optimus) T420s
fps 52 56 82 56 44-46 60 46 28

 

Benchmark - Graphics - Chimera

http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/ContributedSoftware/benchmark/benchmark.html

1.10.1

pythonw crashed during solid rendering, max. out RAM and disk at 100%, have to be terminated in taskmgr

  ThinkPad Yoga 12 (1.10.1) X1 Carbon Gen 3 (1.10.1) X1 Carbon Gen 2 (1.8.1) X1 Carbon (1.7) T410 (1.41) W520 (1.52)
molecule benchmark PDB 1f4h
null 4513.0 4734.8 2747.2 2942.8    
wireframe 536.7 353.0 370.8 127.6   196.1
stick 9.0 10.9 2.3 1.9 12.2  
ball-stick 8.8 10.7 2.3 1.9 12.3 32.9
ribbon 533.5 161.0 195.5 132.8    
sphere 16.1 18.8 4.4 3.7 14.1  
ops 90.7 89.6 92.4 78.2    
volume benchmark
surface 435 259 437      
mesh 433 292 377      
contour 271 275 279      
solid crashed crashed 560      
recolor 306 293 278      

mDP

pending 4K 60Hz?

VGA

pending

 

CPU-Z

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

1.7.2

 

Intel XTU

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktop-motherboards/desktop-boards-software-extreme-tuning-utility.html

Extreme Tuning Utility 5.1.2.2 2015/04/01 - won't install - unsupported platform

4.4.0.4 2014/03/17

  ThinkPad Yoga 12 X1 Carbon 3
score marks   346
maximum processor frequency   2.69
Highest CPU temperature °C   69

(first part of graph before benchmark is Chimera install)

GPU-Z

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

0.8.2

HWInfo

http://www.hwinfo.com/

4.60

 

Display

TN LCD

LEN40A7

B140HTN01.2 (AU Optics?)

when OneLinkPro dock attached, HDMI disabled (works in ThinkPad Yoga 12)

default to 29Hz

ThinkPad USB 3.0 dock

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd023761

DisplayLink based - http://www.displaylink.com/technology/technology_overview.php

 

OneLink Pro dock

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd029981

max. 9 displays connected [not all can be active] (even with HDMI disabled when OneLink Pro in use, works on ThinkPad Yoga 12. can be use together with mDP though.)

DisplayPort Topology Viewer

only show chain from OneLink, miniDP part not shown.

WiDi

Toast

WiDi Remote

LCD - color/brightness

x-rite i1display pro i1profiler 1.4.2- http://www.xrite.com/product_overview.aspx?ID=1454

adaptive brightness off

(still crash if ADC on, compare profile also crash like Helix?)

Datacolor Spyder4Pro 4.5.4 - http://spyder.datacolor.com/portfolio-view/spyder4pro/

pending

LCD - viewing angle

pending

Storage

SSD - SATA, optional PCI-e

Samsung

Firmware EXT

why 7GB OEM partition?

Storage - CrystalDiskInfo

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

6.3.2

Samsung MZNTE256HMHP-000L7 (PM851) 256GB

Storage - SSD utility

http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/support/downloads.html

samsung magician 4.5.1 and 4.3 (for comparison to old result) cannot find it

Benchmark Results

  X1C3 (4.5.1) X1C3 (4.3) ThinkPad Yoga 12 (4.5.1) ThinkPad Yoga (4.3)
Sequential Read (MB/s) 552 551 545 392
Sequential Write (MB/s) 268 264 261 136
Random Read (IOPS) 94375 91414 92051 84290
Random Write (IOPS) 64584 64055 63691 32984

 

Storage - Intel Rapid Storage Technology RST

Link Power Management: Enabled

 

Storage - CrystalDiskMark

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html

3.0.4 x64

1000MB

  X1 Carbon Gen 3 Dell E7450 Dell XPS 13 Yoga 3.03 X1 Carbon Gen 2 3.02e Helix 3.02e-X1 Carbon Win8E32 3.01-X1 Carbon Win7-64 W520 Intel 520 3.01-Win7-64 T430s Samsung 830
[MB/s] Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write
Seq 529.3 241.6 490.5 264.1 476.9 265.6 503.4 418.0 482.6 318.2 445.8 183.5 429.6 178.1 433.4 247.1 487.9 403.5
512K 431.7 240.9 387.7 258.4 385.5 265.1 377.7 402.8 421.9 312.6 339.4 194.1 375.2 177.1 353.5 239.0 342.6 389.2
4K 35.83 103.2 23.09 97.25 21.27 97.20 33.95 86.38 38.81 99.90 21.42 43.33 19.66 41.43 19.67 48.08 22.34 55.89
4K QD32 354.8 240.1 393.1 255.7 386.8 263.5 326.8 291.9 201.1 124.1 266.2 167.4 132.7 174.2 229.7 231.6 303.6 151.3

 

Storage - AS SSD

http://alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?download_id=9

1.7.4739.38088

  X1 Carbon Gen 3 Dell XPS 13 X1 Carbon Gen 2 4200U Samsung 128 ThinkPad Yoga
128GB Samsung MZ7TD128HAFV
ThinkPad Yoga 256GB Lite-On LCS-256M6S X1 Carbon Gen 2 4200U LiteOn 256 LGT-256M6G X1 Carbon Gen 2 4300U Intel 240 Sony VAIO Pro 13 Helix X1 Carbon W8E32 Intel 521 Taichi DH71 W8-64 SanDisk X100 256 T420s W7E64 SSD Crucial m4 256 W520 W8E64 SSD Samsung 840 Pro 256 FW 05? (FW06+RAPID? - pending)
  Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write
Seq MB/s 507.90 230.54 478.43 249.45 497.32 127.20 507.95 125.24 487.51 412.39 483.63 405.74 502.41 301.85 1103.7 702.45 431.23 191.37 460.82 144.24 425.79 334.97 497.34 236.56 495.07 428.16
4K MB/s 32.38 88.31 20.70 83.58 23.49 68.92 27.64 80.15 31.42 73.90 27.92 59.28 21.08 87.71 28.19 72.68 19.37 46.60 17.71 36.66 19.94 37.80 15.77 47.41 20.96 56.06
4K-64 Thrd MB/s 287.56 165.22 396.22 125.14 312.66 94.40 316.32 97.27 302.24 254.33 214.31 193.71 209.83 213.81 408.85 225.73 260.56 116.36 132.65 131.29 300.55 158.42 177.53 168.36 379.90 247.79
Acc.time ms 0.055 0.038 0.157 0.040 0.032 0.052 0.078 0.042 0.058 0.049 failed failed 0.151 0.231 0.087 .055 0.122 0.362 0.195 0.284 0.134 0.100 0.124 0.522 0.113 0.044
Score 371 277 465 234 386 176 395 190 382 369 291 294 281 332 547 369 323 182 196 182 363 230 243 239 450 347
  835 930 748 777 955 739 754 1183 664 470 780 599 1029

Storage - ATTO Disk Benchmark

http://www.attotech.com/products/product.php?sku=Disk_Benchmark

Storage - Anvil's Storage Utilities

http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/anvil-storage-utilities-releases-new-storage-and-ssd-benchmark/

1.1 2014

Storage - BlackMagic

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/intensity/software

Disk Speed Test

to/from external USB

269 MBps write (297 MBps read) - from external SSD - Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SATA-III ASMT 2105 SCSI UASP enclosure

124 MBps read (119 MBps write) - to external SSD [limit by Samsung issue? http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/samsung-to-release-magician-4-6-and-840-evo-firmware-update-performance-degradation-fixed-at-last/ ]

to/from external USB SD

spotty performance?

Sandisk SDXC extreme pro 64GB UHS II UHS speed class 3 U3 280MBps 1867x read, 250MBps1667x-write (SDXC 4.0?)

Sandisk SDDR-329 USB 3.0 UHS adapter

read from SD to SSD 59.6 MB/s write

write SD to SSD 37.8 MB/s read

USB devices

max. ?? pending

Wireless

intel 7265 802.11ac dual band http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/dual-band-wireless-ac-7265.html

Nighthawk R7500 AC2350 (600+1733 Mbps) http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/en/product/R7500 wave 2 Quantenna chipset firmware 1.0.0.46 -> 1.0.0.82 http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/en/product/R7500 - worse performance - need re-test

Netgear Nighthawk R7000 AC 1900 (600+1300) (firmware V1.0.3.24_1.1.20) 802.11ac http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R7000.aspx

got to be real close and right orientation of laptop to get to 0 dBm

407Mbps (48.53 MBps on server side) - download from QNAP 4 (5-8 of 8 bays) SSD (2x 850 Pro + 2x MX100, yeah, i know, they should be the same) RAID6 TVS-871 (i7-4790S, 16GB, QTS 4.1.3 build 20150313) https://www.qnap.com/i/en/product/model.php?II=160

 

 

TamoSoft Throughput Test Ver. 1.0 Build 28

http://www.tamos.com/products/throughput-test/

server: ThinkPad Yoga on Ethernet

:

  X1C3 ThinkPad Yoga 12 MBP13r2015e
TCP Up (Mbps) 106.29 82.83 58.43
TCP Down (Mbps) 123.89 87.14 78.52
UDP Up (Mbps) 117.71 - Loss 0.0% 72.68 - Loss 0.1% 64.45 - Loss 31.4%
UDP Down (Mbps) 141.09 - Loss: 81.5% 93.70 - Loss 87.9% 157.95 - Loss 83.7%
Rout-trip time RTT (ms) 2.1 5.2 3.6

 

Ethernet

Dongle - Intel Ethernet Connection I218-V (Clarkville?)

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/products/networking/ethernet-connection-i218-family.html

http://ark.intel.com/products/71305/Intel-Ethernet-Connection-I218-V

979 Mbps down from Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition [X-RAID2 6x Seagate ST31000528AS] RAIDiator 4.2.27 1GB [4-5-5-15 DDR2] 

 

981 Mbps (only has pix for 979 Mbps) through OneLink Pro down from Netgear ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition

Bluetooth

task manager shows not connected during send file?

Keyboard

OSD - first run

Battery

powercfg /batteryreport

SMP 00HW003 LiP

Design Capacity 50,080 mWh

Full Charge Capacity 52,170 mWh - good or bad ;)

720p MP4 over wireless - batterybar 3.6.6 estimate 4:31 after 1:00 discharging ~10,492 mW

1080p .ts over wireless - batterybar 3.6.6 estimate ~4:30 discharging 9910-14152 mW

Battery - Windows Assessment

ADK 8.1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh825285.aspx

failed in Administrator account

MP4 need to associate with Metro Video App, Windows Media Player won't work

battery life during full video playback settings

pending

 

Mouse/TrackPoint, TouchPad

Click Anywhere?

 

Fingerprint reader

Fingerprint Manager Pro - Softex

Camera

realtek

USB\VID_04F2&PID_B45D&MI_00

under indoor natural light

x-rite Munsell ColorChecker (Classic)

DKC-Pro - Digital Kolor Card Pro - digitalimagflow.com (defuncted) http://www.dgkcolortools.com/dkc-pro-multifunction-color-tool.html

Audio

speakers on ?

cannot have HDMI active also with OneLink Pro dock

Realtek HD Audio Manager

 

 

Mic Mute

control panel applet

Dobly Digital Plus

http://www.dolby.com/us/en/categories/pc.html

Benchmark - DPC Latency Checker

http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml

1.3.0

max. 1123 μs

Acoustic - noise level

Pyle PSPL05R - http://www.pyleaudio.com/sku/PSPL05R/Digital-Sound-Level-Meter-With-recording-Function

Audacity 2.0.2 Frequency Analysis spectrum plot -noise (normalized) recorded Sony PCM-D50 http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/cat-audio/resource.latest.bbsccms-assets-cat-audio-latest-pcmd50.shtml

pending

 

TPM

STM 13.12

 

ADK

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/use-windows-7-event-viewer-to-track-down-issues-that-cause-slower-boot-times/3253

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspfe/archive/2012/09/19/measure-boot-performance-with-the-windows-assessment-and-deployment-toolkit.aspx

ADK 8.1 download

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39982

assessment - startup and shutdown experience - fast startup

seconds X1C3* ThinkPad Yoga 12* ThinkPad Yoga* X1C2 X1C1 UEFI/GPT UEFI/GPT bitlocker MBR fast startup MBR bitlocker MBR full boot T430s* W520*
BIOS init 3.946 11.306 3.541 3.597 3.351
yellow - threshold 2.0s
3.350 4.730
red - threshold 4.0s
4.727 4.751 5.541 6.497
- firmware POST 3.933 11.374 3.542? 3.591 3.264 3.260 4.138 4.146   4.497  
boot, excluding BIOS failed 15.042 6.012 15.928 7.600 9.169 10.296
yellow
13.525 17.182 6.785 8.606
- main path 5.810 12.875 4.512 6.928 4.933 6.336 6.130
explorer init too slow
7.525 9.682 3.785 6.606
- post on/off infinity 2.167 1.500 9.000 2.667
yellow
2.833

4.167
yellow

6.000
red
7.500
red
3.000 2.000
shutdown 4.585 10.243 8.782 4.741 4.578 4.498 4.910
red: query devices took too long
yellow: suspend devices
6.680 2.497 3.347 4.221
issues 43 (11 warnings) 72 (11 warnings) 17 (4 warnings) 58 (4 Warnings) 9 9 12 39      

* with missing device drivers

 

Device Drivers

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt/

pending - Yoga 12 table placeholder

audio Version Date URL
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 6.0.1.7383 2015/04/22 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101943
BIOS      
BIOS Update Utility 1.06 2015/03/24 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101975
Bluetooth and Modem      
Intel Bluetooth Software 17.1.1434.02 2015/01/28 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101492
Camera and Card Reader      
Realtek Integrated Camera Driver 6.2.9200.10291 2015/01/06 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101944
Chipset      
Intel Chipset Driver 10.0.22 2014/11/04 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101509
Intel Management Engine 10.0 Software 10.0.38.1036 2015/03/20 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101487
Intel Management Engine Firmware 10.0 10.0.38.1000 2015/03/20 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101498

Diagnostic

     
Lenovo CPU Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/08 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101361
Lenovo Fan Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/14 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS102686
Lenovo Memory Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/08 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS025447
Lenovo Motherboard Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/13 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS036025
Lenovo Optical Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/10 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101363
Lenovo PCI Express Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/13 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS032990
Lenovo Quick Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/14 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS102688
Lenovo RAID Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/13 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS036027
Lenovo Storage Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/13 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS025445
Lenovo Video Test 4.1.1.6928 2015/04/13 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS040739
Display and Video Graphics      
Intel HD Graphics Driver 10.18.14.4029 2015/04/22 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101500
Intel Wireless Display Driver 5.1.29.0 2015/03/13 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101977
Lenovo Scaling Utility 3.00 2015/01/06 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101939
ThinkPad Monitor INF File 5.07 2014/11/24 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS037801
Enterprise Management      
SCCM package 02 2015/03/04 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101934
Windows Utility To Read and Write Asset ID Information 1.02 2015/01/06 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS039503
Fingerprint Reader      
Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro 8.01.42 2015/04/15 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS034486
Mouse and Keyboard      
Lenovo Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard 2.0.2.2 2015/03/03 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS102384
Synaptics UltraNav Driver 18.1.27.26 2015/04/10 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101836
Networking: LAN (Ethernet)      
Enabling Wake on LAN from Standby for ENERGY STAR Version 4.0 1.08 2013/10/03 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS013949
Intel PRO/1000 LAN Adapter Software (Gigabit Ethernet Driver) 12.12.80.1950 2015/04/10 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101930
Networking: Wireless LAN      
Intel Wireless LAN (11abgn, 11bgn, 11ac) 17.13.11 2015/02/13 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101701
Power management      
Intel Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC) driver 1.0.0.1018 2015/01/06 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101496
Lenovo Power Management Driver 1.67.10.02 2015/04/23 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS032258
Software and Utility      
Auto Scroll Utility 2.13 2015/01/06 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS031684
Hotkey Features Integration 5.51.0100 2015/02/09 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS029026
Intel Technology Access Driver 1.3.3.1036 2015/04/14 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS102690
Lenovo QuickConnect NFC Utility 2.0.0.54 2014/06/04 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS040770
Lenovo QuickControl 2.40 2015/01/27 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS035726
Lenovo Reach 1.1.3.7 2014/09/24 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101242
Lenovo Settings Dependency Package 2.3.3.41 2015/04/22 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS031946
Lenovo SHAREit 2.1.15.0 2015/02/11 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101236
Lenovo Solution Center 2.8.004 2015/04/03 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS014950
REACHit 2.0.5.2 2015/02/12 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS102296
Storage      
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology Driver 13.5.0.1056 2015/02/13 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS101491
ThinkVantage Technology      
ThinkVantage Password Manager 4.7 4.70.5.0 2015/04/03 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS031504
ThinkVantage System Update 5.06.0034 2015/04/01 http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-x-series-laptops/thinkpad-x1-carbon-20bs-20bt//downloads/DS012808

 

OEM software

desktop

start screen

programs

Lenovo Solution Center

installer didn't create start menu shortcut, if you close tray, have to go in program files to find LSC.exe to run again

 

Lenovo Settings

Metro

Lenovo Companion

Metro, incoporated Lenovo Support

Lenovo Instant On

Beta?

Startup

 

Firmware / BIOS

no graphics

uses Phoenix's SCT Flash update

ME update not via System Update, need manual (used to need disable Bitlocker also, fixed?)

Accessories

Reviews