Microsoft Surface Go

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 44.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics4.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Go  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Go
Memory4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1800 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181009
Uptime3 Days
Run DateJan 21 '19 at 03:17
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 43%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th 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 above expectations (85th percentile)
44.5% Average
Memory 65.4
1-Core 48.5
2-Core 78.3
42% 64.1 Pts
4-Core 138
8-Core 138
18% 138 Pts
64-Core 138
9% 138 Pts
Poor: 24%
This bench: 44.5%
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)
4.96% Terrible
Lighting 5.1
Reflection 7.65
Parallax 5.09
4% 5.95 fps
MRender 7.24
Gravity 4.8
Splatting 10.7
6% 7.58 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.96%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg30zpz128g TOSHIBA 128GB
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADMS0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 29 28 28 29 19 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
36.9% Below average
Read 340
Write 125
Mixed 151
SusWrite 34.6
36% 163 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 14.3
4K Mixed 9.1
53% 15.2 MB/s
DQ Read 196
DQ Write 67.2
DQ Mixed 71.1
68% 111 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 36.9%
Great: 82%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9CCNNNCPTALBR-NUD 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
58% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 21.1
62% 21.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 13.9
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 113
36% 113 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 58%
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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