Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.73% 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	194% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Microsoft Surface Book 2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book 2
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3240 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 06:57
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8650U 42,414 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 67.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 79% 147 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 537 61% 476 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Microsoft(1414 0028) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4840 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.73% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.84 6% 8.93 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.73% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW1T0HMLH-000MU 1TB 2,091 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 759GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74M0Q Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,832 Write 1,036 Mixed 1,182 298% 1,350 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 32.1 149% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 23.8 95% 206 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 178%
Seagate BUP Mac SL 4TB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 117 Mixed 93.9 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 0.41 161% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 68%
Generic- SD Card 64GB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 58GB free, PID 090c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 92.3 Write 61.3 Mixed 70.8 91% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 2.17 232% 5.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GB 11,327 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 19.7 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 81%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Microsoft Surface Book 2

CPU
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples	3,302x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	420x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	194x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	2,760x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	419x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	414x

SSD
MZFLW512HMJP-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 114%, 5,563 samples	958x
MZFLW256HEHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 105%, 6,615 samples	864x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBABench 97%, 2,238 samples	611x

RAM
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 60%, 11,327 samples	1,778x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	1,001x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	986x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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