Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 15.6-inch Laptop Review

Setup & Testing Procedures
When you first turn the system on you are brought right in to Windows 7.  It is a pretty clean install although Lenovo has installed its smile dock and a few other programs.

Lenovo IdeaPad Y570 15.6-inch Laptop

Getting CPU-Z and GPU-Z installed we can take a look at what’s under the hood.

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As you can see we have an Intel Core i5-2410M running at 2.30GHz and a GeForce GT 555M, which has a GPU clock of 753MHz.

We will be running this system through a full battery of benchmarks and tests.  We have them outlined in 3 different sections below.

General System Testing
Windows Experience Index
Boxee (download)
Windows Media Center
HD Movie Playback
Battery Testing

Intensive Testing
PC Mark Vantage (download)
Geekbench (download)
AIDA 64 (download)
– Cache & Memory Benchmark
SiSoftware Sandra (download)
– Processor Arithmetic
– Processor Multimedia
– Sandra Physical Disks

Video Testing
3DMark Vantage (download)
Counter-Strike: Source (Buy)
TrackMania Nations Forever
Borderlands (Buy)
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine (Buy)

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