Microsoft Surface Laptop 2

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 88% 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.

System	Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop 2
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 00:55
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 499 56% 439 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Microsoft(1414 0025) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.86% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 6.6 Parallax 7.7 5% 6.97 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 0.3 4% 5.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.86% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung KUS020203M-B000 128GB 2,816 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXB86M1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 162 162 162 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 642 Mixed 277 SusWrite 177 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59 203% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 573 421% 563 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 28 29 28 27 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 29.6 Write 25.7 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 28.1 36% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 1.2 390% 5.6 MB/s	DQ Read 5.3 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 1.2 428% 5.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GB 14,211 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 2

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	388x
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples	260x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	128x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	776x

SSD
BC501 NVMe 256GBSkhynixBench 97%, 1,830 samples	218x
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 111%, 4,804 samples	141x
BC501 NVMe 128GBSkhynixBench 78%, 1,679 samples	106x

RAM
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	473x
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 60%, 11,327 samples	145x
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	98x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16