Microsoft Surface Pro 6

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.29% 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	78.6% 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.

High background CPU (30%). 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.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 6
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180908
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 19:24
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8650U 42,414 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 61.8 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 150 56% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 373 42% 331 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.1% 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 (92^nd percentile)	6.29% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 6.66 5% 7.45 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 5.63 Splatting 13.2 8% 9.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.29% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG KUS04020 512GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 141% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXY86M1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 274 294 209 249 218 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 348 Write 219 Mixed 172 SusWrite 259 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 32.5 125% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 206 160% 229 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 168%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 56GB free, PID 0306 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 28 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 84.9 Write 25.5 Mixed 36 SusWrite 29.6 51% 44 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 3.1 151% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 35%

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 (50^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 19.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 16 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 83%

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

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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	814x
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples	511x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	368x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	1,693x

SSD
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 111%, 4,804 samples	375x
KUS020203M-B000 128GBSamsungBench 96%, 2,816 samples	284x
BC501 NVMe 256GBSkhynixBench 97%, 1,830 samples	240x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	941x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	385x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	238x

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