Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive133% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
CPU throttled at 90% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Book 2  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Book 2
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3240 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171003
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 17 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU9%
CPU Throttled 90%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8650U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Memory 74.2
1-Core 130
2-Core 237
81% 147 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 554
62% 488 Pts
64-Core 533
33% 533 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Microsoft(1414 0028) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4811
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.7% Terrible
Lighting 8.03
Reflection 62.8
Parallax 7.88
6% 26.2 fps
MRender 11.1
Gravity 7.4
Splatting 16.2
10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.7%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW512HMJP-000MV 512GB
419GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY74M0Q
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
133% Outstanding
Read 1,197
Write 610
Mixed 771
189% 859 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 22.2
153% 61.9 MB/s
DQ Read 40
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 195
116% 119 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 133%
Great: 151%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
61.3% Good
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 19
62% 21.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 23.1
SC Mixed 19.4
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 92.1
44% 92.1 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 61.3%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Book 2 Builds (Compare 3,913 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book 2

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