Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.66% 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	133% 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.
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.

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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Microsoft Surface Book 2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book 2
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit farger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 18:51
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8650U 42,414 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 74.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 85% 157 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 542 60% 474 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Microsoft(1414 0027) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6293 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	5.66% Terrible	Lighting 5.73 Reflection 25 Parallax 5.78 5% 12.2 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 12.3 8% 8.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.66% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW512HMJP-000MV 512GB 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 594 589 591 591 590 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 561 Write 591 Mixed 251 SusWrite 588 112% 498 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 38 165% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 509 392% 543 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 151%

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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 90.6 44% 90.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

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Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book 2

CPU
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples	3,299x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	420x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	194x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	2,758x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	418x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	414x

SSD
MZFLW512HMJP-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 114%, 5,563 samples	958x
MZFLW256HEHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 105%, 6,615 samples	863x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBABench 97%, 2,238 samples	611x

RAM
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 60%, 11,327 samples	1,776x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	1,000x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	986x

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