Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.38% 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 Drive	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 4
Memory	1.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171010
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 03:50
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300U 59,619 User benchmarks, average bench 40% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 53.9 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 123 46% 79 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 209 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 203 13% 203 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Microsoft(1414 0015) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.38% Terrible	Lighting 5.77 Reflection 8.12 Parallax 5.19 5% 6.36 fps	MRender 6.81 Gravity 5.07 Splatting 11.3 7% 7.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.38% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV128 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV75M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 689 Write 153 Mixed 245 78% 362 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 14.2 106% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 85 67% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 105%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 32GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 3GB free, PID 090c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 88 Write 57 Mixed 56 80% 67 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 2.1 198% 4.61 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x2GB 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 147 27% 147 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 66%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 45%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	1,853x
Core i7-6650UIntelBench 53%, 6,131 samples	886x
Core m3-6Y30IntelBench 44%, 5,480 samples	212x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,852x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	871x
HD 515 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 3%, 10,056 samples	212x

SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 98%, 8,268 samples	1,020x
MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 6,124 samples	763x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	378x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	713x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	684x
2x2GBSamsungBench 46%, 9,651 samples	531x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16