Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.2% 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	128% 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

Run History

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System	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 00:31
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%
CPU Throttled	86%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 88.2 2-Core 166 63% 109 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 594 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.5% 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)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 16.3 Parallax 17.7 14% 17 fps	MRender 18.1 Gravity 17.7 Splatting 19.2 15% 18.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GB 1,880 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80041C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 543 489 493 530 531 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 822 Write 535 Mixed 430 SusWrite 515 128% 575 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 34 128% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 789 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 669 462% 586 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 153%
PNY USB 3.1 FD 32GB 440 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 21GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 4.2 5.7 3.1 9 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Read 31.5 Write 1.5 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 7.5 13% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.2 51% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 24%

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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 46.2 MC Write 47.9 MC Mixed 40.3 128% 44.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 22 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 120%

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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 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

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System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

CPU
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples	427x
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	581x
Radeon RX Vega11 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 197 samples	47x
Radeon Vega 9 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 691 samples	13x

SSD
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GBBench 107%, 1,880 samples	305x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 103%, 373 samples	97x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 1TBKbg40zns1t02Bench 143%, 233 samples	70x

RAM
H9HCNNNCPNALHR-NEE 2x8GBHynixBench 107%, 3,280 samples	192x
K4UBE3D4AA-MGCL 2x8GBSamsungBench 104%, 7,828 samples	168x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBSamsungBench 98%, 4,747 samples	92x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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