Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.64% 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	116% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). 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.

Run History

System	Microsoft Surface Book 2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book 2
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3240 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190821
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 14:22
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 67.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 188 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 460 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63% 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 0028) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 7.38 7% 25.6 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.1 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW256HEHP-000MV 256GB 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB72M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 312 265 304 313 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 882 Write 320 Mixed 271 SusWrite 300 97% 443 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 32.6 130% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 422 341% 493 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 145%
SDXC Card 394GB 898 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 138GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 22 15 17 20 10 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 84.3 Write 26.8 Mixed 10 SusWrite 17.1 36% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 41%

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 (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 16 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57% 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%

Yacht

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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Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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