Microsoft Surface Laptop

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics5.57% 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 Drive113% 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.
Very high background CPU (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop
Memory4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2256 x 1504 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateMay 26 '21 at 22:42
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 78%

 PC Performing below expectations (37th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7660U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
41.6% Average
Memory 56.2
1-Core 53.5
2-Core 99.7
42% 69.8 Pts
4-Core 155
8-Core 171
22% 163 Pts
64-Core 136
8% 136 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 41.6%
Great: 65%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Iris Plus 640 (Mobile Kaby Lake)
Microsoft(1414 0025) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
5.57% Terrible
Lighting 5.8
Reflection 7.9
Parallax 10.3
5% 8 fps
MRender 6.7
Gravity 9.3
Splatting 9.8
7% 8.6 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.57%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung KUS040202M-B000 512GB
302GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXY86M1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 541 524 517 500 525 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 718
Write 747
Mixed 412
SusWrite 511
134% 597 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 56.5
4K Mixed 32.2
107% 37.5 MB/s
DQ Read 596
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 435
328% 448 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 113%
Great: 170%
Generic Flash-Disk 16GB
15GB free, PID 1320
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 4.5 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
2.95% Terrible
Read 12.2
Write 5.2
Mixed 6.7
SusWrite 5.3
9% 7.35 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
4% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 2.95%
Great: 18%
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 (89th percentile)
70.8% Very good
MC Read 21
MC Write 41.4
MC Mixed 20.5
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.2
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 11.1
38% 13.5 GB/s
Latency 139
29% 139 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop Builds (Compare 691 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop

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