This review first appeared in issue 348 ofPC Pro.
We havent seen many blue-chip brands in our workstation Labs for some years.
Now we get our first look at what Lenovo can do with this potentCPU.
These run at a base 4.1GHz and boost 4.5GHz, with multithreading and support for eight-channelmemory.
Lenovo offers a choice of AMD andNvidiagraphics with the P620, and our system came withNvidias RTX A4000.
This places this configuration as a modelling workstation rather than more general purpose.
The chassis is still reminiscent of the former brand, with excellent tool-free design.
These would have been amazing scores a year ago, but all other systems here are way ahead.
TheAdobeMedia Encoder results were impressive, however, taking 121 seconds with CUDA acceleration enabled.
Although the Threadripper Pro has a solid 4.5GHz top single-core frequency, this clearly held it back when modelling.
The SPECviewperf 2020 v3.1 results were excellent on an absolute scale but were beaten by every other system.
The 2TBSamsungPM981ab was also the slowest NVMe drive here, delivering just 3,519MB/sec reading and 2,986MB/sec writing.
Its hard to mark down the Lenovo P620 Tower for lagging behind in performance.
Its also a solid, well-builtworkstation.
With the right specification for your money, it could be well worth considering.
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