Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% 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 4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 4
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 23:15
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300U 59,619 User benchmarks, average bench 40% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 67.6 1-Core 80.4 2-Core 151 58% 99.7 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 220 27% 206 Pts	64-Core 224 14% 224 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Microsoft(1414 0015) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6299 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	4.33% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 5.56 5% 6.64 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 0.04 3% 4.58 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.33% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV256 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 3,895 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV75M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 110 77 56 51 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 422 Write 150 Mixed 174 SusWrite 83.7 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 22.8 83% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 250 184% 246 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 127%

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 below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 83%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	1,853x
Core i7-6650UIntelBench 53%, 6,131 samples	886x
Core m3-6Y30IntelBench 44%, 5,480 samples	211x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,852x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	871x
HD 515 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 3%, 10,056 samples	211x

SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 98%, 8,268 samples	1,020x
MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 6,124 samples	763x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	378x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	713x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	684x
2x2GBSamsungBench 46%, 9,651 samples	531x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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