Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics51% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive168% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Book 2  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Book 2
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3240 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 18 '20 at 08:34
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU7%
CPU Throttled 90%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8650U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
67.7% Good
Memory 75
1-Core 92.6
2-Core 188
67% 118 Pts
4-Core 325
8-Core 528
52% 427 Pts
64-Core 528
33% 528 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile)
Microsoft(1414 0024) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5167
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
51% Above average
Lighting 63.4
Reflection 65
Parallax 58.3
52% 62.2 fps
MRender 65.2
Gravity 53.7
Splatting 62.7
50% 60.5 fps
Poor: 35%
This bench: 51%
Great: 52%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
BA HFS512GD9TNG-62A0A 512GB
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80001E00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 578 585 591 593 604 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
168% Outstanding
Read 1,191
Write 975
Mixed 954
SusWrite 569
206% 922 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 57.4
189% 67 MB/s
DQ Read 862
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 497
396% 570 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 168%
Great: 169%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
64.4% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 19.9
66% 23.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 24.4
SC Mixed 18.3
54% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 90.4
44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 64.4%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Book 2 Builds (Compare 3,917 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book 2

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