Microsoft Surface 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 28%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics2.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface 3  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface 3
Memory1.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1280 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150309
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateJun 02 '17 at 15:47
Run Duration184 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 36%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
31.9% Below average
Memory 48.3
1-Core 23.9
2-Core 47.9
27% 40 Pts
4-Core 92.6
8-Core 88.3
12% 90.4 Pts
64-Core 92.6
6% 92.6 Pts
Poor: 19%
This bench: 31.9%
Great: 32%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics
Microsoft(1414 0009) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4424
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
2.1% Terrible
Lighting 2.23
Reflection 3.08
Parallax 2.97
2% 2.76 fps
MRender 3.14
Gravity 2.2
Splatting 4
3% 3.11 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 2.1%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MDGAGC 125GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
56.1% Above average
Read 148
Write 42.9
Mixed 68.3
64% 86.5 MB/s
4K Read 7.59
4K Write 7.45
4K Mixed 4.12
912% 6.39 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 54%
Generic SL200 SD Card 197GB
57GB free
Firmware: 8.0
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
15.5% Very poor
Read 40.5
Write 12
Mixed 21.3
18% 24.6 MB/s
4K Read 3.65
4K Write 1.32
4K Mixed 1.54
348% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 15.5%
Great: 42%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x2GB
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
25.2% Poor
MC Read 9.3
MC Write 9.4
MC Mixed 10
27% 9.57 GB/s
SC Read 3.2
SC Write 4.8
SC Mixed 4
11% 4 GB/s
Latency 167
24% 167 ns
Poor: 10%
This bench: 25.2%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Surface 3 Builds (Compare 1 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete

System: Microsoft Surface 3

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