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Lenovo ThinkPad E590-20NC0003GE

Lenovo ThinkPad E590 (i7-8565U, UHD 620, FHD) Laptop Review by Benjamin Herzig
16384 MB
512 GB
SSD
15.60-inch
1920x1080
1923 g
369 x 252.5 x 19.9
45 Wh
950 Euro

Specifications

Lenovo ThinkPad E590-20NC0003GE (ThinkPad E590 Series)
Processor
Intel Core i7-8565U 4 x 1.8 - 4.6 GHz (Intel Core i7)
Graphics adapter
Memory
16 GB 
, DDR4-2400, 1 of 2 slots free, max 64GB
Display
15.60 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 141 PPI, LP156WFC-SPDB, IPS LED, glossy: no
Mainboard
Intel Cannon Lake-U PCH-LP Premium
Storage
Toshiba KBG30ZMT512G, 512 GB 
, M.2 2280, PCIe NVMe, 440 GB free
Soundcard
Intel Cannon Lake-H/S - cAVS (Audio, Voice, Speech)
Connections
1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 HDMI, 1 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: Combo audio, Card Reader: MicroSD, 1 Fingerprint Reader
Networking
Realtek RTL8168/8111 Gigabit-LAN (10/100/1000MBit/s), Intel Wireless-AC 9260 (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/), Bluetooth 5.0
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 19.9 x 369 x 252.5 ( = 0.78 x 14.53 x 9.94 in)
Battery
45 Wh Lithium-Ion
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit
Camera
Webcam: 720p
Additional features
Speakers: 2 W stereo, Keyboard: 6 row chiclet with numpad, Keyboard Light: yes, Lenovo Vantage, McAfee LiveSafe, Microsoft Office Trial, Dolby Audio Premium, 12 Months Warranty
Weight
1.923 kg ( = 67.83 oz / 4.24 pounds), Power Supply: 337 g ( = 11.89 oz / 0.74 pounds)
Price
950 Euro

 

253
cd/m²
254
cd/m²
257
cd/m²
258
cd/m²
254
cd/m²
252
cd/m²
250
cd/m²
233
cd/m²
250
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
LP156WFC-SPDB tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2
Maximum: 258 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 251.2 cd/m² Minimum: 2.1 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 90 %
Center on Battery: 251 cd/m²
Contrast: 1270:1 (Black: 0.2 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 5.6 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 4.9
ΔE Greyscale 3.1 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
57.1% sRGB (Argyll 1.6.3 3D)
36.3% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 1.6.3 3D)
39.47% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
57.5% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
38.21% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.22
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Noise Level

Idle
29.3 / 29.3 / 29.3 dB(A)
Load
30.6 / 30.6 dB(A)
  red to green bar
 
 
30 dB
silent
40 dB(A)
audible
50 dB(A)
loud
 
min: dark, med: mid, max: light   Audix TM1, Arta (15 cm distance)   environment noise: 29.3 dB(A)
Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0.63 / 0.78 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 3.72 / 7.8 / 10.32 Watt
Load midlight 30.24 / 44 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Metrahit Energy
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Battery Runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
18h 18min
WiFi Websurfing (Edge)
6h 23min
Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p
8h 26min
Load (maximum brightness)
1h 45min

Lenovo ThinkPad E590-20NC0003GE - 09/26/2019 v7
Redaktion

Chassis
83 / 98 → 85%
Keyboard
89%
Pointing Device
88%
Connectivity
63 / 80 → 79%
Weight
64 / 20-75 → 80%
Battery
74%
Display
83%
Games Performance
51 / 78 → 65%
Application Performance
70 / 95 → 74%
Temperature
92%
Noise
96%
Audio
52%
Camera
41 / 85 → 48%
Average
73%
83%
Office - Weighted Average

Pros

+solid chassis
+comfortable keyboard
+excellent mouse input device
+very cool & quiet
+expandability (2x RAM, HDD + SSD)
+better CPU performance than predecessor
 

Cons

-only microSD card-reader
-rather bad battery life
-LCD: Poor color-gamut coverage & backlight-bleeding
-extremely slow PCIe NVMe SSD
-only one-year warranty
-USB port on the right only supports USB 2.0
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Write 4k QD32: 155.8 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Read 4k QD32: 231.7 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Write 4k: 96.1 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Read 4k: 43.61 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Write 512: 585 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Read 512: 758 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Write Seq: 779 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Read Seq: 947 MB/s
AS SSD Copy Game MB/s: 599 MB/s
AS SSD Copy Program MB/s: 209.7 MB/s
AS SSD Copy ISO MB/s: 876 MB/s
AS SSD Score Total: 2139 Points
AS SSD Score Write: 649 Points
AS SSD Score Read: 999 Points
AS SSD Access Time Write: 0.188 ms*
AS SSD Access Time Read: 0.081 ms*
AS SSD 4K-64 Write: 488 MB/s
AS SSD 4K-64 Read: 825 MB/s
AS SSD 4K Write: 81.8 MB/s
AS SSD 4K Read: 38.82 MB/s
AS SSD Seq Write: 789 MB/s
AS SSD Seq Read: 1348 MB/s
Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit: 178 Points
Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit: 553 Points
Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit: 97.8 %
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit: 47.13 fps
3DMark 11 Performance Combined: 1554 Points
3DMark 11 Performance Physics: 4753 Points
3DMark 11 Performance GPU: 1844 Points
3DMark 11 Performance: 1989 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Combined: 368 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Physics: 4932 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics: 1183 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Score: 1068 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Physics: 3489 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Graphics: 9446 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score: 6847 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 Total: 2622 ms*
Octane V2 Total Score: 13935 Points
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write 4K: 53.4 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read 4K: 33.03 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write Seq: 624 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read Seq: 835 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write 4K Q32T1: 87.4 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read 4K Q32T1: 135.9 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write Seq Q32T1: 784 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read Seq Q32T1: 1623 MB/s
PCMark 8 Work Score Accelerated v2: 3596 Points
PCMark 8 Home Score Accelerated v2: 2577 Points
JetStream 1.1 Total Score: 107.6 Points
PCMark 10 Digital Content Creation: 2264 Points
PCMark 10 Productivity: 3381 Points
PCMark 10 Essentials: 5450 Points
PCMark 10 Score: 2486 Points
BioShock Infinite Ultra Preset, DX11 (DDOF): 8.4 fps
BioShock Infinite High Preset: 26.3 fps
BioShock Infinite Medium Preset: 32.4 fps
BioShock Infinite Very Low Preset: 62.5 fps
The Witcher 3 Low Graphics & Postprocessing: 16.6 fps
Rise of the Tomb Raider Lowest Preset: 21.5 fps
SD Card Reader JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs): 77.6 MB/s
SD Card Reader AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB): 85.2 MB/s
Battery Runtime WiFi Websurfing: 383 min
Response Times Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80%: 40 ms*
Response Times Response Time Black / White: 27.6 ms*
Response Times PWM Frequency: 0 Hz
Emissions Fan Noise: 30.6 dB(A)
Loudspeakers Pink Noise: 70 dB(A)
Networking iperf3 receive AX12: 592 MBit/s
Networking iperf3 transmit AX12: 683 MBit/s
Display Display P3 Coverage: 38.21 %
Display sRGB Coverage: 57.5 %
Display AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage: 39.47 %
* Smaller values are better.
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Redaktion, 2014-09-29 (Update: 2014-09-29)