Microsoft Surface Pro 6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics6.87% 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 Drive114% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 88% 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.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Pro 6  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Pro 6
Memory3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 26 '20 at 01:36
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%
CPU Throttled 88%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8250U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
68.4% Good
Memory 66.1
1-Core 104
2-Core 206
69% 125 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 513
57% 450 Pts
64-Core 504
31% 504 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Microsoft(1414 0026) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7637
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.87% Terrible
Lighting 7.13
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 7.59
6% 8.29 fps
MRender 10
Gravity 6.5
Splatting 14.7
9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.87%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Skhynix BC501 NVMe 256GB
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80000C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 318 323 320 316 319 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 793
Write 337
Mixed 302
SusWrite 332
97% 441 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 85.9
4K Mixed 36.8
146% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 492
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 518
353% 438 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 114%
Great: 130%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.1% Average
MC Read 16.5
MC Write 19
MC Mixed 15.1
48% 16.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 20.8
SC Mixed 12
44% 15.4 GB/s
Latency 111
36% 111 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Pro 6 Builds (Compare 1,676 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 6

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