Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	163% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop 4
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201204
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 16:19
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface Edition 378 User benchmarks, average bench 69% FP6, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 63.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 303 91% 174 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 1,135 103% 865 Pts	64-Core 1,351 84% 1,351 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU) 162,082 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Microsoft(1414 0051) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 20.40.21.02 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 24.9 Reflection 18.7 Parallax 35.9 20% 26.5 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 22.1 18% 21.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 17%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNI-82A0A 512GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11001C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 777 852 865 907 890 602 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 771 Write 935 Mixed 783 SusWrite 816 187% 826 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 54.7 189% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 618 433% 557 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 168%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown H9HCNNNBKMALHR-NEE 2x4GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB LPDDR4 clocked @ 4266 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 29.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 23.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%

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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	9	7	60	15"	1280 720	SHP14B4 LQ150P1JX51

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

CPU
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples	998x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	294x
Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface EditionAMDBench 63%, 613 samples	287x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	1,480x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	432x

SSD
SDBPTPZ-512G-1124-WDC 512GBBench 154%, 368 samples	559x
HFM256GDGTNI-82A0A 256GBBench 104%, 496 samples	256x
MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GBSamsungBench 115%, 1,535 samples	197x

RAM
53E1G32D2NP-046 8x2GBMicronBench 109%, 5,383 samples	295x
HCNNNCPMMLXR-NEE 8x2GBHynixBench 116%, 4,501 samples	274x
UBE3D4AA-MGCR 8x2GBSamsungBench 108%, 9,706 samples	242x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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