Microsoft Surface Pro 6

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.43% 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	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 88% 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	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180908
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 19:32
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 72% 130 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 523 60% 465 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 7.66 6% 8.66 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Skhynix BC501 NVMe 256GB 1,830 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 133 133 132 127 122 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.7% Above average	Read 175 Write 143 Mixed 204 SusWrite 135 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 18.6 88% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 221 166% 227 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 130%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 42GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 71 69 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 78 Write 64.3 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 70.5 89% 67 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 3.7 279% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GB 14,211 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 98.7 40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 80%

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

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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