Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics18.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive139% 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.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201204
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 12 '21 at 18:16
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface Edition
FP6, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Memory 56.2
1-Core 135
2-Core 277
81% 156 Pts
4-Core 511
8-Core 776
80% 644 Pts
64-Core 1,181
73% 1,181 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)
Microsoft(1414 0051) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 20.40.21.02
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
18.3% Very poor
Lighting 22.8
Reflection 18.8
Parallax 33.4
19% 25 fps
MRender 15.4
Gravity 26.6
Splatting 22.1
18% 21.4 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 18.3%
Great: 17%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GB
438GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV72M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 894 883 922 680 310 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 447
Write 896
Mixed 525
SusWrite 731
148% 650 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 95.7
4K Mixed 49.3
168% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 780
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 628
446% 579 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 139%
Great: 156%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown H9HCNNNCPMMLXR-NEE 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB LPDDR4 clocked @ 4266 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
83.8% Excellent
MC Read 33.5
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 30.6
88% 30.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 35.3
SC Mixed 25.1
74% 25.9 GB/s
Latency 139
29% 139 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 4 Builds (Compare 1,910 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

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