Lenovo ThinkPad E470 review

A 940MX ThinkPad: a real but modest card of its era

The ThinkPad E470 (2016) at $207 carries a GeForce 940MX — a genuine entry discrete card — and measures accordingly: a graphics score of 12.01 against a business-class median of 3.84, above median though office-tier in absolute level. The offsets are the sheet's flagged weakness, reliability at 15 versus 42.5, and a CPU score of 20.6 versus 53 — a dual-core i5-7200U keeping the card company.

Green checks within their era

Grand Theft Auto V, Rainbow Six Siege and Civilization 6 pass their minimum bars — the 940MX's honest envelope: older and lighter titles at reduced settings, plus comfortable media and light creative work. The card is entry-level even by 2016 standards, so the passing checks rather than the above-median placing are the true measure.

The dual costs, stated

Reliability at 15 prices the board near the class floor, and the dual-core CPU caps sustained workloads — the buyer gets the row's budget GPU story with both discounts visible. At $207 those trades are fairly laid out.

Terminal-band pricing

From a $1,300 anchor the price has drifted to $207 at 7.22% per year, projecting to $178 in two years — another 14%. Depreciation is nearly exhausted; board age is the live risk and it is priced in.

Neighbors in the row

Lenovo's T560 ($227) and Dell's Latitude 3500 ($234) sit above; Lenovo's L560 ($186) and Dell's Latitude E7270 ($184) below, none with discrete cards. The E470 is the row's GPU option at the row's lower-middle price.

Bottom line

Worth the asking price for light era-scoped gaming and media work on a ThinkPad budget, with the reliability floor and dual-core ceiling accepted consciously. For plain office duty, cheaper siblings do the same job for less.