It has two cores, but it does not have a turbo boost function for the automatic increase of the clock frequency. Therefore the IdeaPad equipped with four GB DDR3-133 memory in PCMark Vantage comes only to 4682 points, an average result.
The Nvidia GeForce GT 520M in combination with the Core i3 only reaches 689 points in the 3DMark 11. Even graphically less demanding games run on the Lenovo only liquid, if one is satisfied with low quality settings. External hard drives can be connected to Lenovo via eSATA, one of the four USB 2.0 jacks is a combo port.
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The keyboard offers large keys with a pleasant pressure point, the partial cursor keys integrated in the numeric block are also good to use. Also the touchpad with the roughened surface is easy to operate. Practical is the sliding switch on the front of the IdeaPad Z570, with which the wireless components can be quickly switched on and off. Another switch on the front switches the Nvidia chip on or off using hardware.
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