Microsoft Surface Pro 6

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.6% 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	119% 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.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 6
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 21:04
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 525 58% 456 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.5% 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. 25.20.100.6471 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.6% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 10 Parallax 6.97 6% 7.9 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 14 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.6% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg30zpz512g TOSHIBA 512GB 558 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: ADMS0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 468 353 213 228 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 336 Mixed 348 SusWrite 321 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 58 191% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 851 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 121 196% 396 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 135%

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 (57^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 18.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 19.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.4% 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 55%

Yacht

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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