Microsoft Surface Book

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 31.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics5.2% 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 Drive57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 92% 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  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Book
Memory7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180823
Uptime9 Days
Run DateOct 28 '18 at 18:57
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 94%
CPU Throttled 92%

 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6600U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
31.6% Below average
Memory 30.6
1-Core 48.4
2-Core 101
33% 59.9 Pts
4-Core 183
8-Core 217
26% 200 Pts
64-Core 236
15% 236 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 31.6%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)
Microsoft(1414 0014) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6136
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
5.2% Terrible
Lighting 5.47
Reflection 30.7
Parallax 4.5
4% 13.6 fps
MRender 5.33
Gravity 5.67
Splatting 11.7
7% 7.58 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.2%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57MS4109 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 236 303 371 335 262 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
57.7% Above average
Read 389
Write 268
Mixed 457
SusWrite 290
79% 351 MB/s
4K Read 12.2
4K Write 17.8
4K Mixed 11.4
42% 13.8 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 302
212% 273 MB/s
Poor: 90%
This bench: 57.7%
Great: 235%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
52.6% Above average
MC Read 19.1
MC Write 21.5
MC Mixed 20
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 8.4
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 12
36% 12.5 GB/s
Latency 251
16% 251 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 52.6%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Book Builds (Compare 1,609 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book

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