Microsoft Surface Pro 6

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.26% 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	118% 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	16GB 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 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 Pro 6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 6
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180908
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '19 at 02:54
Run Duration	531 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 69 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 76% 139 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 484 56% 438 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Microsoft(1414 0026) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6195 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.19 6% 9.06 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung KUS040202M-B000 512GB 2,033 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXY86M1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 636 599 576 588 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 536 Write 614 Mixed 256 SusWrite 400 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 49.8 165% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 526 376% 492 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 170%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 40GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 20 34 30 26 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 74 Write 28 Mixed 10 SusWrite 18.2 35% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.5 240% 4.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 41%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 58GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.9 21 26 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 77.6 Write 21.8 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 7.9 32% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.7 117% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GB 11,327 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 81%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 6

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	803x
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples	506x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	367x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	1,676x

SSD
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 111%, 4,804 samples	372x
KUS020203M-B000 128GBSamsungBench 96%, 2,816 samples	282x
BC501 NVMe 256GBSkhynixBench 97%, 1,830 samples	238x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	932x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	380x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	236x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16