Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics13.8% 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 Drive93% 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.
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
Memory7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201014
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateNov 13 '21 at 04:10
Run Duration191 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
64.5% Good
Memory 68.2
1-Core 115
2-Core 197
71% 127 Pts
4-Core 326
8-Core 570
54% 448 Pts
64-Core 553
34% 553 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 64.5%
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 way above expectations (90th percentile)
13.8% Very poor
Lighting 18.3
Reflection 13.2
Parallax 26.1
15% 19.2 fps
MRender 9.9
Gravity 20.1
Splatting 12.5
12% 14.2 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 13.8%
Great: 15%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GB
279GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80041C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 376 402 450 423 425 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
93% Outstanding
Read 428
Write 310
Mixed 316
SusWrite 423
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 75.5
4K Mixed 14.7
104% 40.1 MB/s
DQ Read 661
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 496
355% 467 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 93%
Great: 153%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAA1GS6CMR6N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
79.6% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 31
MC Mixed 25.5
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 21.7
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 23.1
72% 25.2 GB/s
Latency 106
38% 106 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 3 Builds (Compare 638 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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