Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.76% 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	114% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201014
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '21 at 15:45
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface Edition 279 User benchmarks, average bench 56% FP5, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 65.1 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 149 55% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 328 36% 285 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega11 Graphics 197 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Microsoft(1414 0034) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20.63.01 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	5.76% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 24.1 3% 13.4 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 20.2 Splatting 12.9 12% 14.4 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.76% Great: 15%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ9LQ1T0HALB-00000 1TB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 824GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXV72M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 776 671 879 715 608 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 670 Write 911 Mixed 657 SusWrite 654 164% 723 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 35.8 125% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 188 143% 198 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 203%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GB 4,312 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 23.2 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 24: 4R 0G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
24%	6%	129	112	72	60	27"	1920 1080	AOC2701 27B1

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

CPU
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples	425x
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	579x
Radeon RX Vega11 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 197 samples	47x
Radeon Vega 9 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 691 samples	13x

SSD
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GBBench 107%, 1,880 samples	303x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 103%, 373 samples	97x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 1TBKbg40zns1t02Bench 143%, 233 samples	70x

RAM
H9HCNNNCPNALHR-NEE 2x8GBHynixBench 107%, 3,280 samples	190x
K4UBE3D4AA-MGCL 2x8GBSamsungBench 104%, 7,828 samples	168x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBSamsungBench 98%, 4,747 samples	92x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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