Microsoft Surface Pro 6

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% 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 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 89% 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 Pro 6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 6
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '20 at 14:55
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%
CPU Throttled	89%

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 i5-8350U 19,808 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.9 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 493 56% 437 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 74.1% 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. 26.20.100.7637 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Lighting 6.43 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 6.91 5% 7.55 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 13.2 8% 9.38 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung KUS030202M-B000 256GB 4,804 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXY8AM1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 241 238 235 233 230 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 669 Write 648 Mixed 314 SusWrite 260 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 55.6 186% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 612 430% 555 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 151%
SDXC Card 512GB 934 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 441GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 79.8 Write 38.1 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 36.3 59% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 5 339% 6.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x4GB 26,293 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 18.8 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 81%

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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	803x
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	1,676x

SSD
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 111%, 4,804 samples	372x
KUS020203M-B000 128GBSamsungBench 96%, 2,816 samples	282x
BC501 NVMe 256GBSkhynixBench 97%, 1,830 samples	238x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	932x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	380x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	236x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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