Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.2% 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 Drive133% 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
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201014
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 11 '21 at 05:36
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 71.2
1-Core 97
2-Core 215
70% 128 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 551
62% 488 Pts
64-Core 552
34% 552 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega11 Graphics
Microsoft(1414 0034) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20.63.01
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
12.2% Very poor
Lighting 15
Reflection 11.4
Parallax 26.8
12% 17.7 fps
MRender 11.1
Gravity 20.8
Splatting 12.8
12% 14.9 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 12.2%
Great: 15%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GB
388GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80041C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 505 529 595 593 592 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Read 880
Write 567
Mixed 421
SusWrite 544
134% 603 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 82.8
4K Mixed 37.2
140% 50.8 MB/s
DQ Read 707
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 519
374% 496 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 133%
Great: 153%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (44th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.8% Good
MC Read 24.5
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 21.2
65% 22.9 GB/s
SC Read 21.3
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 22.2
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 98.6
41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 0: 0R 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
0% 0% 0 12 10 60 15" 1280 720 SHP14B4 LQ150P1JX51
Typical Surface Laptop 3 Builds (Compare 641 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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