W550s: horrible performance

Hey all, I'm using a w550s since May now and I'm very disappointed in the performance. I'm unable to watch any movies without enormous lag or audio stutters, opening facebook causes 100% CPU load and an unresponsive system. When I'm watching Youtube I can't use Skype because I'll have a 0.5 sec delay when I press a key on my keyboard (and still 100% cpu load). This is what happends when I open facebook in chrome: I've tried to reinstall the system with a clean version of Windows 8.1, downloaded only the important drivers from the lenovo website and also removed the PM driver to check if this resolves the issue, it doesn't.I also tried to set everything to maximum performance in energy management, no luck. I have this problem while its docked and using my two Dell U2715H screens (both connected to the display ports at the docking station) or when I'm using the high resolution build-in screen (no touch, anti-glare). Also I noticed I'm always running on the integrated GPU and never using the nVidia K620 (as far as I can see). I really wondering what is causing this, is the CPU and GPU really this slow? I understand it's a low power version of the i7, but really, this slow? It's not worth the enormous amount of money... Hopefully there is a solution for this, or maybe my w550s is broken in some way (I ran the Lenovo diagnostic utility multiple times). Can anyone tell me if they had this kind of performance issues (besides the PM driver)? Thanks! Daan

Hi, I'm using a W550s with the same CPU/RAM config as you and I ame experiencing none of the problems you are.I should note that this is after changing a few settings alomost out of the box, I suggest you take the same steps:1. Install the following software and drivers:-BIOS Update Utility for Windows 10 (64-bit), 8.1 (64-bit), 7 (32-bit, 64-bit) - ThinkPad T550, W550s-Intel Chipset Driver for Windows 10 (64-bit), 8.1 (64-bit) - ThinkPad Helix (Types: 20CG, 20CH), T550,W550s, X1 Carbon (Types: 20BS, 20BT)-Intel Management Engine 10.0 Software for Windows 10 (64-bit), 8.1 (64-bit) - ThinkPad-Intel Management Engine Firmware 10.0 for Windows 10 (64-bit), 8.1 (64-bit) - ThinkPad --Intel Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC) driver for Windows 10 (64-bit), 8.1 (64- bit) - ThinkPad Helix (Type 20CG, 20CH), T550, W550s, X1 Carbon (Type 20BS, 20BT)-Lenovo Power Management Driver for Windows 10 (32-bit, 64-bit), 8.1 (32-bit, 64-bit) - Laptop -Lenovo Active Protection System for Windows 10 (64-bit), 8.1 (64-bit) - Notebook 2. In the BIOS, make sure that in the power menu the settings for Intel Speedstep Technology and Adaptive Thermal Management are as follows: Intel SpeedStep® technologyMode for AC • Maximum PerformanceMode for Battery • Maximum Performance Adaptive Thermal ManagementScheme for AC • Maximize PerformanceScheme for Battery • Maximize Performance 3. In Windows there is a Lenove program called Lenovo Settings (W8 App). In this program there is a menu power, within the power menu you can switch intelligent cooling on or off. Make sure it is turned off. Hope this helps.

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Hi,
Sorry for yet another "my computer has horrible performance after upgrading to Lion" post. I did search the forum before posting.
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Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own
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See http://technet.oracle.com:89/ubb/Forum8/HTML/003853.html
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Hi,
When I got my MBP in Dec 2010, it was very snappy running Snow Leopard.
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Thanks for the quick reply...
1) Can I reinstall Mountain Lion from the recovery partition? I know I could with Lion; I assume the app store upgrade to Mountain Lion updates the recovery partition?
2) How do I run a hardware diagnostics on my HDD? Is there a utility that comes with Mountain Lion, or do I need to go to Apple?
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lagagnon wrote:
MrKsoft wrote:I've run a very usable Ubuntu/GNOME/Compiz based system on my P2/450, 320MB RAM, with a Radeon 7500 before, and that's even older hardware, with bulkier software on top of it.
I'm sorry but I find that very hard to believe. I work with older computers all the time - I volunteer with a charity that gets donated computers and we install either Puppy or Ubuntu on them, depending on vintage. On a P450 with only 320MB almost any machine of that vintage will run like a dog with Ubuntu and Compiz would be a no go. It would be using the swap partition all the time and the graphics will be pretty slow going.
Hey, believe it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXwGMf141VQ
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Just in case I'm still not being clear:
I use uTorennt to download 7 torrents of 700 MB each, on the internal drive, and watch any other task crawl. However, do the same thing, while saving to an external drive, and everything is fine.
I hope I'm making more sense (and thanks for the interest).

Horrible performance with 10g EM / Dataguard on Windows

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Encore Horrible Performance

I'm running Encore CS6 on a MacBook Pro with Retina Display. I have never had an app perform as poorly as this software is. When I load a project I get a beachball, when I right click I get a beachball, whenever I do anything I get a beachball. I opened Activity monitor and when this happens the app goes "Not Responding" and is using about 70-100% processor. This is just ridiculous, It performs better on my Win7 Desktop but I don't have Photoshop on my desktop... Are there any performance tweaks I can perform?

A mac user will need to comment, but this does not sound normal. You can get long delays on import of some material while Encore checks it out, but the other things yoiu are seeing sound like an install problem, a permissions issue, or a conflict with other software.
This is not your OS, rigth? But it is the only mac specific document for these sorts of issues that I have seen, and has some general suggestions that are relevant.
Troubleshoot system errors and freezes | Adobe software on Mac OS 10.x
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/824/cpsid_82414.html

Horrible Performance on MBP

Hey Guys,
I was recommended to post my Topic here again.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9384292#9384292
Hope someone can help.

I'm pasting your xbench results you posted in the other thread since its awkward and frustrating to be bouncing back and forth between this thread and another one.
Results 56.49
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.6 (9G55)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBookPro5,1
Drive Type WDC WD3200BJKT-00F4T0
Disk Test 56.49
Sequential 91.07
Uncached Write 104.51 64.17 MB/sec 4K blocks
Uncached Write 95.33 53.94 MB/sec 256K blocks
Uncached Read 70.68 20.69 MB/sec 4K blocks
Uncached Read 102.94 51.74 MB/sec 256K blocks
Random 40.94
Uncached Write 14.11 1.49 MB/sec 4K blocks
Uncached Write 145.53 46.59 MB/sec 256K blocks
Uncached Read 84.06 0.60 MB/sec 4K blocks
Uncached Read 124.00 23.01 MB/sec 256K blocks
Your disk is not out of line with my numbers if you're having performance problems its not disk related.
Here's my xbench score to compare, now keep in mind that I ran this test while having a ton of programs so my score will be artificially low, that is I'm running rapidweaver VMware Fusion, quicktime pro, textmate, itunes, safari, mail, etc.
Results 194.46
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.6 (9G55)
Physical RAM 4096 MB
Model MacBookPro5,1
Drive Type Hitachi HTS543232L9SA02
CPU Test 142.99
Thread Test 342.04
Memory Test 181.47
Quartz Graphics Test 191.67
OpenGL Graphics Test 161.45
User Interface Test 345.63
Disk Test 39.48
Sequential 86.57
Uncached Write 90.69 55.68 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 98.03 55.46 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 61.21 17.91 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 115.75 58.17 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 25.57
Uncached Write 8.40 0.89 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 76.02 24.34 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 65.40 0.46 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 111.91 20.77 MB/sec [256K blocks]
so given that my numbers appear much higher then yours ( I have a 2.53 MBP and I have no idea what you have) you may want to run the Apple Hardware Test to make sure everything is running as it should. If that checks out a possible call/visit to your apple store, especially if its a brand new MBP

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