Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.21% 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 Drive111% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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
SystemMicrosoft Surface Book 2  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Book 2
Memory7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3240 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181002
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateJun 13 '19 at 07:04
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%
CPU Throttled 90%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8650U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Memory 77.2
1-Core 118
2-Core 233
79% 143 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 531
58% 458 Pts
64-Core 534
33% 534 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Microsoft(1414 0028) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6293
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
5.21% Terrible
Lighting 5.73
Reflection 64.2
Parallax 5.06
5% 25 fps
MRender 7.19
Gravity 4.63
Splatting 10.1
6% 7.32 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.21%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
BA HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GB
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80001E00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 312 314 315 314 352 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 813
Write 254
Mixed 314
SusWrite 321
94% 426 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 37.7
148% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 474
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 126
143% 253 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 111%
Great: 139%
SDXC Card 197GB
20GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 34 30 30 30 30 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
24.3% Poor
Read 88
Write 31.7
Mixed 33
SusWrite 30.7
53% 45.8 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 4.4
211% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 24.3%
Great: 32%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
59% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 18.2
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 18.2
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 85.8
47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 59%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Book 2 Builds (Compare 3,913 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book 2

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