Microsoft Surface Go

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 29%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics5.16% 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 Drive46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Go  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Go
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1800 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 07 '18 at 08:29
Run Duration160 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 93%

 PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
24.9% Poor
Memory 35.9
1-Core 26.7
2-Core 53.3
24% 38.6 Pts
4-Core 78.6
8-Core 96.6
11% 87.6 Pts
64-Core 98.6
6% 98.6 Pts
Poor: 24%
This bench: 24.9%
Great: 46%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 615 (Mobile Kaby Lake)
Quanta(152D 1182) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4974
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
5.16% Terrible
Lighting 5.47
Reflection 7.81
Parallax 5.12
4% 6.13 fps
MRender 6.29
Gravity 4.77
Splatting 11.4
6% 7.48 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 5.16%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg30zpz128g TOSHIBA 128GB
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADMS0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 154 87 91 73 69 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
46.2% Average
Read 381
Write 307
Mixed 312
SusWrite 120
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 23
4K Mixed 18.7
60% 19 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 82.9
DQ Mixed 164
108% 129 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 82%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8
7GB free, PID 5591
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 8.6 11 8 9.4 14 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
11.3% Very poor
Read 39.5
Write 13
Mixed 13.2
SusWrite 10.1
21% 18.9 MB/s
4K Read 2.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1.8
102% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 11.3%
Great: 32%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung K3QF4F40BM-AGCF 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
50.6% Above average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 24.1
MC Mixed 19.8
57% 20 GB/s
SC Read 6.7
SC Write 11.2
SC Mixed 8.5
25% 8.8 GB/s
Latency 222
18% 222 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Go Builds (Compare 318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Go

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