Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	154% 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 86% 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 Laptop 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	2256 x 1504 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 19:53
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	86%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-1065G7 58,314 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 71.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 276 86% 161 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 646 74% 575 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Plus G7 52,498 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Microsoft(1414 0035) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7641 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 17.7 15% 17.8 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 30.6 20% 22.9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GB 1,880 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80041C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 591 542 569 597 560 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 882 Write 481 Mixed 362 SusWrite 573 128% 575 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 47.4 175% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 622 477% 660 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 153%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 167GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 169 165 159 154 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 389 Write 366 Mixed 366 SusWrite 204 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 27 88% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 28.6 60% 123 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung K4UBE3D4AA-MGCL 2x8GB 7,828 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 4267 MHz clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	118% Outstanding	MC Read 46.3 MC Write 47.7 MC Mixed 40.9 128% 45 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 27.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%

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Gaming 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

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System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

CPU
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples	427x
Core i5-1035G7IntelBench 58%, 4,822 samples	154x
Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface EditionAMDBench 56%, 279 samples	47x

GPU
Iris Plus G7IntelBench 9%, 52,498 samples	581x
Radeon RX Vega11 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 197 samples	47x
Radeon Vega 9 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 691 samples	13x

SSD
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GBBench 107%, 1,880 samples	305x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 103%, 373 samples	97x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 1TBKbg40zns1t02Bench 143%, 233 samples	70x

RAM
H9HCNNNCPNALHR-NEE 2x8GBHynixBench 107%, 3,280 samples	192x
K4UBE3D4AA-MGCL 2x8GBSamsungBench 104%, 7,828 samples	168x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBSamsungBench 98%, 4,747 samples	92x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16