Microsoft Surface Book

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.78% 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	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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.

System	Microsoft Surface Book (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '19 at 19:35
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	46%
CPU Throttled	92%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6600U 31,982 User benchmarks, average bench 45% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 70.9 1-Core 83 2-Core 152 60% 102 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 255 34% 257 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Microsoft(1414 0014) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6293 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Lighting 6.23 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 5.81 5% 6.9 fps	MRender 7.81 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 11.8 7% 8.29 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV512 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1,374 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV75M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 111 114 106 96 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 626 Write 171 Mixed 196 SusWrite 107 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 16.4 86% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 221 157% 204 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 143%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 267GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 286 315 290 312 291 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 323 Write 309 Mixed 297 SusWrite 297 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 27.1 92% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 141 104% 137 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 97%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 134GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 64 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 85 Write 87.1 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 63.1 99% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x8GB 17,576 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 83%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Microsoft Surface Book

CPU
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	983x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	626x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,408x
GeForce GPUNvidiaBench 9%, 1,471 samples	144x
GeForce GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,080 samples	57x

SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 98%, 8,268 samples	394x
MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 108%, 2,691 samples	353x
MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 6,124 samples	210x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	644x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	479x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	266x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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