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Ocassionaly the speed of individual cores would sink to around 1.8-1.9 GHz. Toshiba A135 battery The Cinebench tests are somewhat dissapointing because they are on the level - or sometimes under - of the AMD A6-3410MX-APU (eg. in the Samsung Serie 3 305V5A-S01DE) from the previous generation (Llano). If the full turbo speed was utalized, we could expect far better test results. It was only in the GPU intense GL tests that that the A8-4500M-APU was able to prove anything to us. Similar when compared to the Thinkpad Edge 525. In the Single thread- and GL-Tests the Thinkpad Edge 535 performed a lot better. The Multi thread-Tests showed more favour for the Thinkpad Edge 525. Toshiba A80 battery

Going against the Thinkpad Edge E530 (i5-2450M/GT630M) the Thinkpad Edge 535 has no chance. The CPU and the GPU of the E530 are playing in a different performance ball park. The competition in the Intel camp lies in the current Pentium processors. The single thread test results of the A8-4500M are under those of the Intel Pentium B960. In the Multi thread tests the AMD APU and the Pentium B960 are on par with eachother. Toshiba A80 battery

During our full stress tests (Prime95 and Furmark running parallel) while on mains power, the speed of the CPU fluctuated greatly. The speed levelled off around 1.4 GHz, with small up and down variations by individual cores (between 405 MHz and 2.3 GHz). The speed of the GPU moved between 500 and 655 MHz. While on battery power all four cores ran with a constant speed of 1.9 GHz. On the other hand the GPU has be throttled at 335MHz. Toshiba A85 battery

According to the Windows 7 performance index, the Graphics chip is the weakest component of the system in reference to desktop performance. In every day use the hard drive is found to be a negative aspect. Launching applications, install routes and finding files should all be running a lot smoother. Toshiba A85 battery The results from the PC Mark tests are on the same level as the APUs (AMD A6-3410MX, Samsung Serie 3 305V5A-S01DE) from the last generation (Llano). Better results would have been possible. Also, at this point the lack of full turbo speed becomes noticable, as during the PCMark tests the CPU never worked above a speed of 2.3 GHz. The Thinkpad Edge 525 could be beaten. In terms of system performance, the Thinkpad Edge 535 can't win against the Thinkpad Edge 530. The combination of a Core i5 processor, Nvidia GPU and a somewhat faster hard drive bring in far better results in the PCMark tests (+30% PCMark 7). Toshiba M105 battery

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Lenovo has included a hard drive from the Scorpio Blue series from Westen Digital in the Thinkpad Edge E535. Toshiba M45 battery The hard drive boasts a capicity of 750 GB and runs at a speed of 5,400 RPM. The average access speed of 66.2 MB/s is in the middle and the access time of 19.3 ms is a bit too high. The execution of programs applications is a bit delayed. Lenovo provides hard drive protection with their own Active Protection System. A sensor percieves vibrations and, in the case of a drop (eg. if the notebook falls off the table), puts the read/write head into the 'park position'. Therefore, damage to the hard drive and to the data that is on it can be minimized. Toshiba M50 battery

The hard drive seems to be a bit oversized for a Buisness notebook. This is where Lenovo should have been putting the focus on speed. A hard drive with a 7200 RPM speed is what should be expected, or even a small Solid State Disk aswell. Toshiba M55 battery

The GPU part of the AMD A8-4500M-APU wears the name AMD Radeon HD7640G and is Graphics chip from the begginer class. Toshiba A100 battery It supports DirectX 11 and Shader Model 5.0. The chip operates at a regular speed between 500 and 655 MHz. The speed can also be reduced under this range, such as when the GPU runs at 200 MHz in idle mode. The results of the 3D Mark tests are on the level of beginner chips from other manufacturers - eg. Intel HD Graphic 4000. The predecessor Thinkpad Edge E525 is beaten in every test. Toshiba M70 battery

During our full stress, while using mains power, the GPU was running mostly at the full speed of 655 MHz. Every now and then the speed was temporarily reduced down to 500 MHz. When running on battery power the speed was permanently reduced to 335 MHZ. Toshiba A105 battery

performance, but also because of its intergrated video decoders (AMD UVD3 decoder). This takes charge of the bulk of the work when it comes to video playback. The decoder handles these tasks very well. We played a test video (Full HD resolution, H.264) and observed the CPU load. This turned out to be under 25%. With Youtube video playback of the same quality, the load was increased up to 40%. Toshiba A80 battery

The notebooks from the Thinkpad series are primarily designed as work devices. Toshiba M100 battery The Gaming performance comes in second here and the test results are reflective of this. The games that we tested could only be played smoothly with low resolution and low detail settings. With a higher resolution and/or detail setting the games begin to lag. In comparison to the Thinkpad Edge 525, the frame rates of the games we tested had been greatly improved. Whoever wants to play computer games every now and then should probably take a closer look at the Thinkpad Edge E535 variant with a dedicated Graphics chip. Toshiba M105 battery

With the Thinkpad Edge E535, Lenovo is - as we have already seen with the Thinkpad Edge E525 - providing a notebook that will work over the entire spectrum while staying quiet. In idle mode we measured a volume just under 32 dB, then under full stress that number rose to 33.5 dB. Only the DVD burner was able to achieve a higher volume with 35.8 dB. Since the optical drive is hardly ever used, the number is somewhat irrelevant. Toshiba M115-S3144 battery

During idle mode the temperature lies consistently in the green zone. Toshiba M115 battery The notebook generates a temperature between 29 and 36.5 degrees celsius on both the top and bottom sides. This temperature range allows for comfortable working and you can easily rest the device on your legs while using it. Under full stress the temperature rose moderately to between 33 and 40 degrees celsius, depending on the measuring point. At the measuring points above and below the dissipator we found reading over 40 degrees. The temperature of the wrist rests was holding at a constant 30 degrees while under full stress. Therefore, comfortable work is possible under all stress conditions. Toshiba M40 battery

The operating speed of the CPU fluctuated a lot during our full stress test. The speed levelled off around 1.4 GHz - with big jumps both up and down. The temperature had levelled off at 65-67 degrees celcius after an hour of full stress. Toshiba M45 battery