S540 HD video playback lags

Hello,
I have a brand new Lenovo s540 laptop.
There is a problem with HD video playback. 1080p and 720p video playback is laggy. Each 2-3 seconds it gets frozen for 0.2 - 0.5 seconds. I have downloaded all latests drivers from Lenovo web site (except bios update, does it make sens to update bios?).
It didn't help.
OS is windows 8.1 64 bit, all updates are installed.
Also, have tested my PC using 3dmark tools, it shows very poor results - 2 times less than their "Ultralight notebook" reference.
Would you suggest, how to fix this?
Thanks

my config is: i7, SSD, 8GB RAM, intel HD Graphics and Radeon HD 8600M

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