Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.32% 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 Drive134% 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.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190930
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 15 '21 at 01:38
Run Duration246 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface Edition
FP5, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 71.7
1-Core 120
2-Core 211
75% 134 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 568
60% 478 Pts
64-Core 570
35% 570 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega11 Graphics
Microsoft(1414 0034) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20.27.03
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
9.32% Terrible
Lighting 11.5
Reflection 13
Parallax 14.6
9% 13 fps
MRender 9.3
Gravity 12.2
Splatting 11.9
9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 9.32%
Great: 15%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GB
442GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80041C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 497 547 527 583 444 457 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Read 866
Write 580
Mixed 424
SusWrite 509
132% 594 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 85.9
4K Mixed 39.3
147% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 763
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 530
390% 525 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 134%
Great: 153%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAA1GS6CMR6N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
MC Read 31
MC Write 32.4
MC Mixed 27.4
86% 30.3 GB/s
SC Read 21.6
SC Write 33
SC Mixed 24.2
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 97.4
41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 37: 4R 4G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
37% 57% 23 134 43 60 15" 1426 951 SHP14B4 LQ150P1JX51
History: Score 16: 2R 0G 6B | Score 22: 3R 2G 1B | Score 37: 4R 4G 5B
Typical Surface Laptop 3 Builds (Compare 639 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

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