Microsoft Surface Laptop 2

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.61% 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	135% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 90% 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 16:20
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	90%

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 i7-8650U 42,414 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 236 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 477 55% 428 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.1% 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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 6.1 Parallax 7.4 5% 6.53 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 10 7% 8.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung KUS040202M-B000 512GB 2,033 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXY86M1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 504 514 503 441 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 543 Write 716 Mixed 279 SusWrite 497 115% 509 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 58.9 195% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 686 459% 561 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 170%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x8GB 17,576 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 19.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 49: 9R 1G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
49%	18%	60	38	15	60	27"	1920 1080	SAM0D32 C27F390

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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	385x
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	773x

SSD
BC501 NVMe 256GBSkhynixBench 97%, 1,830 samples	215x
KUS030202M-B000 256GBSamsungBench 111%, 4,804 samples	141x
BC501 NVMe 128GBSkhynixBench 78%, 1,679 samples	106x

RAM
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	470x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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