Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.36% 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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

System	Microsoft Surface Book 2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book 2
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181002
Uptime	12.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 22:57
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 236 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 564 62% 491 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Microsoft(1414 0027) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6293 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Lighting 6.53 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 6.5 5% 7.45 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 6.23 Splatting 13.7 8% 9.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.36% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW256HEHP-000MV 256GB 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB72M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 304 307 310 299 272 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 314 Mixed 286 SusWrite 300 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 33.3 152% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 724 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 443 348% 493 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 145%
Generic- SD Card 197GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 183GB free, PID 090c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 31 31 31 30 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 87.6 Write 27.7 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 32.3 54% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 2.4 138% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x4GB 26,293 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 19.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	3,341x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	422x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	194x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	2,792x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	424x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	416x

SSD
MZFLW512HMJP-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 114%, 5,563 samples	970x
MZFLW256HEHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 105%, 6,615 samples	876x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBABench 97%, 2,238 samples	614x

RAM
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 60%, 11,327 samples	1,799x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	1,008x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	997x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16