Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 9% 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.3% 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	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 4
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 16:01
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	44%
CPU Throttled	96%

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 i5-6300U 59,619 User benchmarks, average bench 40% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 66.1 1-Core 70.6 2-Core 136 53% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 256 32% 243 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Microsoft(1414 0015) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6299 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.3% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 8.81 Parallax 6.16 6% 7.22 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 5.87 Splatting 13.1 8% 9.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.3% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV256 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 3,895 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV75M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 221 219 222 200 218 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 386 Write 252 Mixed 209 SusWrite 216 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 15.6 59% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 526 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 320 242% 336 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix 2x4GB 11,918 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 87%

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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 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	1,853x
Core i7-6650UIntelBench 53%, 6,131 samples	886x
Core m3-6Y30IntelBench 44%, 5,480 samples	212x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,852x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	871x
HD 515 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 3%, 10,056 samples	212x

SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 98%, 8,268 samples	1,020x
MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 6,124 samples	763x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	378x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	713x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	684x
2x2GBSamsungBench 46%, 9,651 samples	531x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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