Microsoft Surface Pro 6

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	136% 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.

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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 6 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 6
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '21 at 23:59
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 97 2-Core 215 70% 128 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 509 61% 470 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 74.6% 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. 27.20.100.8681 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 7.8 Parallax 8.2 6% 7.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung KUS020203M-B000 128GB 2,816 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXB8AM1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 154 154 155 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 593 Write 579 Mixed 313 SusWrite 170 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 66.8 225% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 859 DQ Write 586 DQ Mixed 625 493% 690 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 123%
SD Card 32GB 861 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 14GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.1 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	4.97% Terrible	Read 21 Write 1.7 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.5 8% 7.88 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.97% Great: 28%
VendorCo ProductCode 1TB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 962GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 17.7 12% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 14%

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 (82^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 96.5 42% 96.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 81%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 6

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	802x
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	1,675x

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	931x
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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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