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 (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 75.2%, 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	124% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 6
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '20 at 07:20
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 245 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 529 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 75.2% 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 6.9 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.06 6% 8.08 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 13.8 8% 9.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung KUS030202M-B000 256GB 4,804 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXY8AM1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 319 319 312 208 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 659 Mixed 263 SusWrite 300 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.9 214% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 713 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 610 421% 533 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 151%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 9GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 9.7 9.1 10 8.1 9.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	8.84% Terrible	Read 38.2 Write 17.3 Mixed 9 SusWrite 9.4 21% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.9 84% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.84% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GB 14,211 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 19.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 9%

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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	807x
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	1,680x

SSD
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 111%, 4,804 samples	373x
KUS020203M-B000 128GBSamsungBench 96%, 2,816 samples	282x
BC501 NVMe 256GBSkhynixBench 97%, 1,830 samples	239x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	933x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	383x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	236x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16