Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.5% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

CPU throttled at 80% 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 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	2256 x 1504 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210430
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '21 at 18:17
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	80%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-1035G7 4,822 User benchmarks, average bench 58% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 59.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 246 75% 142 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 602 67% 529 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Plus G7 52,498 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Microsoft(1414 0035) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9621 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 17.1 13% 14.4 fps	MRender 16.9 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 18.6 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 13%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns128g TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: AEMS0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 366 174 182 131 91 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 49.5 Write 442 Mixed 624 SusWrite 252 79% 342 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.3 208% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 795 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 466 375% 540 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 154%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GB 4,747 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR4 4267 MHz clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	107% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 35.6 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 21 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

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

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Gaming 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

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System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

CPU
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples	424x
Core i5-1035G7IntelBench 58%, 4,822 samples	154x
Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface EditionAMDBench 56%, 279 samples	47x

GPU
Iris Plus G7IntelBench 9%, 52,498 samples	578x
Radeon RX Vega11 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 197 samples	47x
Radeon Vega 9 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 691 samples	13x

SSD
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GBBench 107%, 1,880 samples	302x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 103%, 373 samples	97x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 1TBKbg40zns1t02Bench 143%, 233 samples	70x

RAM
H9HCNNNCPNALHR-NEE 2x8GBHynixBench 107%, 3,280 samples	190x
K4UBE3D4AA-MGCL 2x8GBSamsungBench 104%, 7,828 samples	167x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBSamsungBench 98%, 4,747 samples	92x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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