Microsoft Surface Book

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 44.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics5.64% 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 Drive62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 92% 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.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Book  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Book
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 04 '21 at 20:38
Run Duration162 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 28%
CPU Throttled 92%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6600U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
44.6% Average
Memory 51.3
1-Core 45
2-Core 150
44% 82 Pts
4-Core 219
8-Core 224
30% 222 Pts
64-Core 220
14% 220 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 44.6%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)
Microsoft(1414 0014) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6293
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
5.64% Terrible
Lighting 6.3
Reflection 9.7
Parallax 6.5
5% 7.5 fps
MRender 7.3
Gravity 6.2
Splatting 10
7% 7.83 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.64%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GB
436GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV75M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 391 463 473 369 289 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
62% Good
Read 298
Write 426
Mixed 198
SusWrite 414
76% 334 MB/s
4K Read 10.8
4K Write 10.3
4K Mixed 9.5
34% 10.2 MB/s
DQ Read 460
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 390
272% 347 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 62%
Great: 161%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
59.6% Above average
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 20.7
63% 22.2 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 17.6
47% 16.3 GB/s
Latency 156
26% 156 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 5: 1R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
5% 5% 21 53 4 60 13.5" 1500 1000 MEI96A2 VVX14P048M00
Typical Surface Book Builds (Compare 1,609 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 Book

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