酷睿i5 650大幅提升整机性能：
| Windows 7体验索引得分 | |
|---|---|
| 最终得分 | 3.9 |
| 处理器 | 6.8 |
| 内存 | 5.5 |
| 图形 | 4.3 |
| 游戏图形 | 3.9 |
| 主硬盘 | 5.9 |
酷睿i5 650是联想ThinkCentre M9000z整套主机中最核心最高端的配件，因此它在Win7自检中得到了6.8的高分，而集成显示核心的性能比较逊色，只有3.9的评分让整机的分数也停留在了3.9。
| BAPCo SYSmark2007 Preview v1.01 | |
|---|---|
| E-Learning | 118 |
| Video Creation | 193 |
| Office Productivity | 107 |
| 3D Modeling | 145 |
| Rating | 137 |
SYSMark2007软件测试中最终137分的得分比较符合目前主流产品的得分水平，而酷睿i5处理器在提升整体性能上扮演了至关重要的角色。
| Futuremark PCMark Vantage Professional Edition 1.0.1.0 | |
| PCMark Suite | 5965 PCMarks |
|---|---|
| Memories | 3264 |
| PCMark Memories 1 | 14.84 |
| CPU image manipulation | 5.177 MB/s |
| HDD - importing pictures to Windows Photo Gallery | 42.546 MB/s |
| PCMark Memories 2 | 3.23 |
| Video transcoding - VC-1 to WMV9 | 3.226 MB/s |
| TV and Movies | 4048 |
| PCMark TV and Movies 1 | 4.58 |
| Video transcoding - VC-1 to VC-1 | 0.707 MB/s |
| Video playback - VC-1 HD DVD with SD commentary | 29.636 FPS |
| PCMark TV and Movies 2 | 40.88 |
| HDD - Windows Media Center | 56.841 MB/s |
| Video playback- VC-1 HD DVD with HD content | 29.394 FPS |
| Gaming | 3568 |
| PCMark Gaming 1 | 48.04 |
| Data decompression | 605.470 MB/s |
| GPU gaming | 3.812 FPS |
| PCMark Gaming 2 | 438.00 |
| CPU gaming | 14035.158 operations/s |
| HDD - gaming | 13.669 MB/s |
| Music | 5603 |
| PCMark Music 1 | 4.05 |
| Web page rendering - music shop | 15.532 pages/s |
| Audio transcoding - MP3 to WMA | 0.678 MB/s |
| HDD - adding music to Windows Media Player | 6.303 MB/s |
| PCMark Music 2 | 14.95 |
| Audio transcoding - WAV to WMA lossless | 14.954 MB/s |
| Communications | 7416 |
| PCMark Communications 1 | 9.77 |
| Data encryption - CNG AES CBC | 14.059 MB/s |
| Data compression | 7.426 MB/s |
| Windows Mail - copying | 8.934 operations/s |
| PCMark Communications 2 | 27.46 |
| Web page rendering - news serial | 2.636 pages/s |
| Data decryption - CNG AES CBC | 469.367 MB/s |
| HDD - Windows Defender | 16.729 MB/s |
| Productivity | 4443 |
| PCMark Productivity 1 | 670.18 |
| Text editing | 670.185 KB/s |
| PCMark Productivity 2 | 34.33 |
| Windows Contacts - searching | 11458.724 contacts/s |
| Windows Mail - searching | 9.608 operations/s |
| Web page rendering - favorites group parallel | 3.087 pages/s |
| HDD - application loading | 4.085 MB/s |
| HDD | 4437 |
PCMarkVantage测试的项目与内容比较细致，受内存容量和显示核心的限制，与这两项有关的评分略低，而与处理器运算相关的测试结果则比较出色，再次体现了酷睿i5处理器的强劲性能。
