Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.3% 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	151% 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2256 x 1504 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200502
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '20 at 02:16
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	86%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-1065G7 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)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 68.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 274 86% 162 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 672 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 80.5% 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)	16.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 17.5 15% 17.7 fps	MRender 19.5 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 30.9 20% 22.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GB 1,880 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80041C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 582 567 556 563 528 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 837 Write 485 Mixed 362 SusWrite 563 125% 561 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 46.9 178% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 891 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 707 512% 675 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 153%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 855GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 105 105 106 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 73.3 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 104 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9HCNNNCPNALHR-NEE 2x8GB 3,280 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 46.6 MC Write 47.5 MC Mixed 41.4 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 29.2 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 120%

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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	425x
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	579x
Radeon RX Vega11 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 197 samples	47x
Radeon Vega 9 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 691 samples	13x

SSD
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GBBench 107%, 1,880 samples	303x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 103%, 373 samples	97x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 1TBKbg40zns1t02Bench 143%, 233 samples	70x

RAM
H9HCNNNCPNALHR-NEE 2x8GBHynixBench 107%, 3,280 samples	190x
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 $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 $177	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