Lenovo ThinkPad E570 review

A real 2016 entry GPU inside a business chassis

The ThinkPad E570 (2016) at $228 carries a GeForce GTX 950M — a genuine discrete card of its era — and the measurements show it: a graphics score of 20.06 against a business-class median of 3.84, light tier, five times the norm. The offsets are steep: reliability at 14 versus 42.5 and a mobility index of 20 versus 60, both floor-band readings and the sheet's flagged weakness.

Green checks for the era's games

Grand Theft Auto V, Rainbow Six Siege and Civilization 6 all pass their minimum bars — the honest measure of what the 950M still does. That is eSports-and-older-titles territory at reduced settings, plus comfortable light creative work. Nothing newer and heavier is claimed, and nothing should be.

The two costs of the cheap card

Reliability at 14 prices the long-term odds near the class floor, and mobility at 20 makes this a desk machine despite the 15.6-inch business format. The buyer gets the row's only real GPU story and pays for it in both longevity and portability — a clean, visible trade at $228.

Slow late-stage decay

From a $1,300 anchor the price has drifted to $228 at 7.22% per year, projecting to $196 in two years — another 14%. The curve is nearly flat; the machine's remaining risk is board age, which the reliability score already advertises.

Against its neighbors

Lenovo's E480 ($256) and E490 ($243) sit above as newer plain-office siblings; Dell's Latitude E7470 ($211) and HP's ProBook 650 G2 ($215) below without discrete graphics. The E570 is the only GPU-carrier in the row.

Bottom line

For light gaming on a tight budget inside a proper ThinkPad chassis, this is a defensible pick at a price where the trade-offs are honestly visible: era-scoped green checks in exchange for floor-band reliability and mobility. Worth the asking price in that specific frame.