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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 is the best laptop under Rs 50,000 in India to buy. It fulfills many things like gaming, office work, movie watching, and more. So, let’s get started.

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Full Specs and Features

First, like other laptops I have reviewed, this one is also received from New Delhi. So, let’s get started. But, before I proceed, read my article on an explanation of laptop specs to understand the laptop’s inside components in a better way.

IdeaPad L340 SPECIFICATIONS

  • CPU: 4.1GHz 4 Core 9th Gen Intel Core i5-9300H Processor | 6MB Smart Cache
  • Graphics: Dedicated NVIDIA GTX 1050 3GB GDDR5 Graphics
  • RAM: 2666MHz 8GB DDR4
  • Storage: 1TB 5400RPM HDD
  • Display: 15.6-inch FHD display | IPS & Anti-glare Panel | 273 nits
  • Battery: 45Wh 3 Cell Li-ion battery | Lasted for 5 hours and 23 minutes on YouTube watching.
  • Wireless connectivity: Bluetooth 5.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11ac
  • Weight: 4.78lb (2.2 kg)
  • Laptop dimensions: 36.35 x 25.5 x 2.4 cms

REASONS TO BUY

  • High performance
  • Higher display nits
  • Tactile keyboard
  • A smooth, accurate, and responsive touchpad
  • Pretty solid build
  • Good thermal management
  • Pretty silent fans
  • USB Type-C port

REASONS TO AVOID

  • Near to average-quality camera and microphone
  • The speakers
  • aren’t enough loud
  • Screen color gamut requires improvement

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Specs | Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Features

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Specs

A multipurpose laptop with a good blend of performance and affordability is the Lenovo IdeaPad L340.

It is appropriate for both professional and personal use due to its sophisticated appearance and potent features.

A 15.6-inch Full HD display on the laptop produces images that are clear and bright. It has an AMD Ryzen 7 processor and 8GB of RAM, enabling efficient performance and seamless multitasking.

You may store all of your information and programs on the ample 1128GB HDD+SSD storage that is included with the IdeaPad L340.

A variety of connectivity options are also provided, including USB ports, HDMI, and Ethernet LAN.

The Lenovo IdeaPad L340 is a dependable and powerful laptop that can satisfy your computing demands, whether you’re a student, professional, or leisure user.

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Technical Specs of our Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Review Unit | Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Specs

  • CPU: 4.1GHz 4 Core 9th Gen Intel Core i5-9300H Processor | 6MB Smart Cache
  • Graphics: Dedicated NVIDIA GTX 1050 3GB GDDR5 Graphics
  • RAM: 2666MHz 8GB DDR4
  • Storage: 1TB 5400RPM HDD
  • Display: 15.6-inch FHD display | IPS & Anti-glare Panel | 273 nits
  • Battery: 45Wh 3 Cell Li-ion battery | Lasted for 5 hours and 23 minutes on YouTube watching.
  • Weight: 4.78lb (2.2 kg)
  • Laptop dimensions: 36.35 x 25.5 x 2.4 cms

Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Build Quality | Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Material

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Build Quality | Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Material

The Lenovo IdeaPad L340 comes with an all-plastic build.

It’s quite sturdy and solid enough despite being made from Plastic.

The Lenovo logo is placed on the bottom left of the plastic lid. The clear top makes it more premium compared to other laptops.

Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Dimensions and Weight

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Dimensions and Weight

The dimensions of this Lenovo IdeaPad L340 are 36.35 cms (14.31-inch) in width, 25.5 cms (10.04-inch) in depth, and 2.4 cms (0.94-inch) in height.

In addition to that, I have also measured the weight using a proper weight meter. The readings are as below.

  • For laptop only: 4.78 lbs (2.2 kg) (Convert using KG to LBS tool)
  • For laptop + Charging cables: 5.86 lbs (2.7 kg)

Here, the motive to check the laptop with charging cables is to show you how much weight you have to carry during traveling. And, I found it thicker when compared to Dell G3 3500 (2.16 cms), Razer Blade Pro 17 (1.99 cms), MSI GS65 Stealth-004 (1.79 cms), Dell Alienware m15 R2 (2.01 cms), Lenovo Legion 7i (2 cms).

This laptop is lightweight to carry when compared to Razer Blade (3.55 kg), Dell G3 3500 (3 kg), Legion 7i (3.13 kg), and Dell Alienware (3.3 kg). But, found heavier than MSI GS65 Stealth-004 (2.40 kg).

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Display Quality and Color Reproduction

Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Size and Quality

The Lenovo IdeaPad L340 laptop has a 15.6-inch FHD display.

It has a 60Hz refresh rate and an IPS panel for good delivery of viewing angles.

In addition to that, the screen contrast ratio is 940:1, which is less than what we recommend (1000:1) in the laptop radar laptop review.

It’s to note that the laptop has no G-Sync available.

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Color Reproduction Efficiency

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screen color gamut of Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Laptop
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Screen Color Gamut Lenovo IdeaPad L340

The results of the screen color gamut are perfectly good for normal tasks. It’s good for students and office-level jobs.

But, not impressive for professional content creators like photo and video editors.

Is the display enough bright?

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Display Nits

The display of my review unit has reached 273 Nits at 100% of screen brightness at the center. The result is very similar to Acer Swift 3 SF314-57 and SF314-57G laptops.

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Screen Flex

There is little more screen flex when trying to move the screen up and down using your fingers.

The flex is caused by the low strength of the hinge and plastic lid. But, overall, I found no issue during normal use, thanks to the average thick plastic lid.

In addition to that, My review unit has opened up with just one finger. That demonstrates the evenly distributed weight across the hinge.

Also, note that initially, you gonna face some problems but, over the use, they will be resolved.

Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Keyboard – Tactile, Flex, Build, and RGB Backlit?

Keyboard Flex and Build Quality

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Keyboard

Well, due to the plastic interior, I found a little more keyboard flex when pressing the keyboard down hard using fingers with fair pressure.

In addition to that, it was also a bit extended to the palm rest area. In my experience, I found it pretty standard like other gaming laptops.

Overall, no issues during normal typing.

Furthermore, the keyboard has no highlighted WASD keys unlike Acer Nitro 5 AN515 gaming laptop.

Single Zone of Blue Backlit

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Keyboard backlit of Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Laptop

The keys of the Lenovo IdeaPad L340 gaming laptop have only a single zone of 2-level blue backlit. You can also turn it off completely if you want.

The keyboard backlit is bright enough to illuminate the secondary function of keys also, as you can see in the above image.

Fine Typing Experience

Typing on the keyboard of this laptop is pretty good. It gives consistent tactile feedback. During typing, The plastic keys were traveling a consistent distance of 1.5mm.

In addition to that, the power button is placed just next to the “Multimedia” button. But, it’s not an issue since your accidental press won’t create any problem. You have to long-press the power button then after Acer software will prompt you to what to do. So, overall pretty good like other gaming laptops.

Bigger and Fairly placed 2 Arrow Keys

There are 2 arrow keys – Up and Down arrows – which are small in size and very closely placed. You may hit the wrong key during gaming because of very closer placement. In Acer Nitro 5, you will get the big 4 arrow keys.

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Precision Touchpad

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Touchpad of Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Laptop

The touchpad of Lenovo IdeaPad L340 is 4.1 inches wide and uses Ellen drivers instead of Windows precision. It’s smooth, accurate, and responsive. In addition, it clicks down anywhere. What my concern is about it clicks. It goes a bit more down when you press it for a click. And, it also generates a bit of audible sound. Overall, I think it’s a little bit not good.

Furthermore, my gaming experience says that a laptop’s touchpad even if it’s a precision unit it never helps while escaping from enemies. For that, I recommend buying an external dedicated gaming mouse.

Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Fingerprints on the Smooth Surface

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Fingerprints on Lenovo Ideapad L340 laptop

The smooth matte black plastic surface easily attracts the fingerprints. But, to be frank, it’s pretty easy to clean using the microfiber cloth. In addition to that, thanks to the black color, I observed no color change over the use.

During my Alienware m15 R2 (White variant) review, I found it was slightly yellowish over the use, but that’s not the case with Acer Nitro 5 AN515 gaming laptop.

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Processor, Graphics, and RAM

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Internals of Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Laptop

Going off to the topic, Are you guys able to see the CPU and GPU chip? I have just removed the bottom cover to show you. But, I think it’s not.

Coming back to the topic, an Intel Core i5-9300H CPU and NVIDIA GTX 1050 GPU are powering the laptop.

In addition to that, 2666MHz 8GB of faster DDR4 RAM is giving more than enough space for smooth multitasking.

Here, I’m missing an SSD storage. Lenovo has just placed a 1TB of 5400RPM of HDD storage.

Cinebench R20 Score

To check the CPU performance, I have conducted the 3 runs on Cinebench R20. Cinebench is a tool used to check the single and multi-core scores of the CPU by performing several tests. The average of the 3 runs is in the below image.

Also Read: What is Cinebench

Cinebench R20 Scores Lenovo IdeaPad L340
Cinebench R20 Scores Lenovo IdeaPad L340

The Cinebench results conclude many things like whether the CPU undervolting is beneficial, whether buying the cooling pad is worth it, and many more.

In the Cinebench R20 test, without a cooling pad, the CB single and multi-core scores are 421 and 1732. With the use of a cooling pad, the multi-core score has raised just by 1. But, with 0.15v CPU undervolting, the multi core score was raised to 1830, which is outstanding.

So, here, the CPU undervolting has shown a considerable positive impact on multi-core performance. And, the cooling pad hasn’t.

Average CPU and GPU Clock Speed

The CPU and GPU clock speeds were measured by performing the stress and gaming tests in different modes. Stress tests were done with the AIDA64 tool.

We assume you know the AIDA64 tool if Din’t then read here: What is AIDA64

And the same tool and method were used to measure the TDP, CPU, and GPU temperature, the laptop’s exterior temperature, and the fans’ noise. So, let’s begin with clock speed.

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Avg CPU, GPU Clock Speeds Lenovo IdeaPad L340

During the stress test using AIDA64 at the stock fan, the CPU and GPU clock speeds were 3043MHz and 1649MHz, respectively. The same test with 0.1v CPU undervolting has raised the CPU clock speed to 3261MHz and reduced the GPU clock speed to 1628MHz.

And, the addition of a cooling pad has shown quite a major change in both CPU and GPU clock speed. Both’ speeds were increased to 3779MHz and 1669MHz, respectively.

So, you can see that both CPU undervolting and cooling pads are impacting heavily on the laptop’s performance. I’ve never seen such a huge increment before in any laptops I’ve tested.

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Video Editing Performance

The video editing performance of this laptop was tested in two ways.

  • Average of the video export time
  • Multitasking during video export

Average of the video export time

In this test, I have exported the 16 minutes and 13 seconds long video in YouTube 4K H.264 preset using Adobe Premier CC. And I have repeated the same test 4 times further to show you the average result.

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Video Export Benchmarks Lenovo IdeaPad L340

So, during my video export test using Adobe Premier CC, this Lenovo IdeaPad L340 laptop exported the video in an average of 15 minutes and 3 seconds. That’s pretty low-time, which is good.

Multitasking during video export

The motive to conduct this test wasn’t other than to rate the smoothness of this laptop when the CPU is busy with intense work. I have checked the following during the video export, the touchpad, keyboard, and laptop’s response time.

During video editing, I found this laptop pretty smooth. Even, smoother than Mi Notebook 14 Horizon. I’m really quite shocked with the performance of such a laptop under Rs 50,000 price.

Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Thermal Performance

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Avg CPU, GPU Temperatures Lenovo IdeaPad L340

So, as you can see that the CPU temperature isn’t changing even if I use a cooling pad or do CPU undervolting. But the GPU temperature was reduced to 67 from 74 degrees Celsius when I have used the cooling pad.

This kind of thing happens because of shared heat pipes. If you have seen the image of the uncovered internals of this laptop, you will find that there are two heat pipes shared between the CPU and GPU.

Laptop’s Exterior Temperature

At idle at an auto fan, both the palm rest and the keyboard were found pretty cool.

During the stress test, the keyboard was found at mid-46 C. The top of the base was near 43 C. At the same time, Both a touchpad and a palm rest were found cool.

But, the use of a cooling pad has reduced the temperature of the keyboard from 46 to 42 degrees Celsius.

Here again, the cooling pad is found worthy for this laptop in the temperature reduction of the exterior.

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Fans Noise Level

The fans’ performance was tested to check the noise produced by this laptop.

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Fans Noise Lenovo IdeaPad L340

In idle mode at the auto fan, The 2 fans were at 35.1dB – completely silent. While the CPU+GPU stress tests ran on an auto fan, they were at 42.8dB – slightly audible but not distracting.

During the gaming, they were at 42.2dB – slightly audible compared to other gaming laptops. The fans are really much silent compared to other laptops of price under Rs 50,000.

In addition to that, gaming laptops have the most noisy fans. If you read my review articles of Dell Alienware m15 R2, Lenovo Legion 7i, MSI GS65 Stealth-004, and Razer Blade Pro 17 gaming laptops, you will find the noise emitted by their fans was reaching 60dB.

And, that’s become equal to the noise emitted by washing machines, hair dryers, and electric toothbrushes. But, this one isn’t a gaming laptop. Such a scenario is not the case with this laptop.

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Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Camera and Microphone

The 720p camera and a microphone are located at the top bezel of the display. The camera has a privacy shutter too. In my outdoor tests, I found both are nearly average in quality. In addition, the camera lacks support for Windows Hello unlock, which I don’t even expect in the laptop for a price under Rs 50,000.

Overall, I’ve rated both of them 5 out of 10.

Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Speakers

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Speakers of Lenovo IdeaPad L340

The 2 speakers are located on the sides underneath the laptop.

I have used the Digitech sound level meter. It measured the 75.1dB of the sound level while watching the YouTube video at maximum volume.

For more detailed information about speakers’ quality, I have done the LatencyMon test. And, the LatencyMon results were just average.

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LatencyMon results of Lenovo IdeaPad L340

Ports on the Lenovo IdeaPad L340 laptop

Left side

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Ports on the left of Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Laptop

On the left side of this laptop, there are the following ports from left to right.

  • 1 Power input
  • 1 Ethernet (RJ-45)
  • 1 HDMI 1.4
  • 2 USB 3.0 Type-A
  • 1 3.5m audio/combo jack
  • 1 USB Type-C Gen-1

Right side

On the right side, there’s only a Kensington lock slot.

Backside

There are air exhausts on the backside of the Lenovo IdeaPad L340 laptop.

Air Intake Vents

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Air intake vents on Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Laptop

The air intake vents are placed on the backside cover directly above the fan, CPU, GPU, and heat pipes. And, our thermal tests have revealed many shocking but impressive results when we’ve used the cooling pad. So, in this laptop, the air intake vents are really worthy.

Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Battery

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Battery Life Lenovo IdeaPad L340

The 45Wh 3-Cell battery lasted for 84 minutes during the continuous stress test.

And, YouTube watching at 50% of screen brightness and with background apps disabled, it has lasted for 5 hours and 23 minutes.

Lenovo IdeaPad L340 Gaming Benchmarks

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Gaming Benchmarks Lenovo IdeaPad L340

As this machine has no SSD storage, I’ve not conducted the storage speed test.

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