Microsoft Surface Book

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9% 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	96.5% 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	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 (40%). 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	11.2 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	Jun 03 '19 at 21:30
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%
CPU Throttled	92%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6600U 31,982 User benchmarks, average bench 45% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 63.6 1-Core 67 2-Core 130 51% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 195 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GPU 1,471 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Microsoft(1414 0008) 1GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9140 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	9% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 10.3 9% 10.2 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 7.48 8% 10.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57MS4109 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 370 445 415 351 515 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 584 Write 489 Mixed 470 SusWrite 401 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 31 111% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 471 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 325 241% 326 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 235%

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 as expected (43^rd percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 83%

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book

CPU
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	982x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	625x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,406x
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	265x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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