Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	131% 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	8GB 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 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.

System	Microsoft Surface Book 2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book 2
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180207
Uptime	13.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 22:55
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%
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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 74.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 84% 155 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 594 68% 532 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050 (Mobile) 160,694 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Microsoft(1414 0024) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.14.1163 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 24.2 Parallax 28.8 27% 28.6 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 21.8 23% 28.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 25%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW256HEHP-000MV 256GB 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB72M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 319 318 318 314 262 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,014 Write 324 Mixed 312 SusWrite 306 107% 489 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 34.5 157% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 810 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 448 363% 528 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 145%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GB 14,211 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 19.4 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 80%

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

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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	3,299x
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	2,758x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	418x
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	863x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBABench 97%, 2,238 samples	611x

RAM
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 60%, 11,327 samples	1,776x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	1,000x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	986x

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