Microsoft Surface 3

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	18.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Microsoft Surface 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface 3
Memory	0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150309
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 22:40
Run Duration	584 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Atom x7-Z8700 2,330 User benchmarks, average bench 27% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Memory 48.9 1-Core 9.5 2-Core 47.4 24% 35.3 Pts	4-Core 90.1 8-Core 92.8 12% 91.4 Pts	64-Core 94.3 6% 94.3 Pts
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 32%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 16,763 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Microsoft(1414 0009) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4424 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	2.1% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 3.12 Parallax 3 2% 2.78 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4 3% 3.11 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.1% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba 128G3A 125GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.9% Very poor	Read 139 Write 87.4 Mixed 93.8 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 9.49 4K Write 7.35 4K Mixed 6.43 26% 7.76 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 39%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 31.9 Write 37 Mixed 35 26% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.62 168% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 90%
Generic SL64G SD Card 63GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 58GB free Firmware: 3.0 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 13 Mixed 18.1 18% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.63 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.83 295% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 21%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1TB free, PID 0c15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 34.9 Mixed 34.1 45% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.55 52% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 17%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 536 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 19GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 38 Write 8.44 Mixed 10.6 19% 19 MB/s	4K Read 3.85 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.42 49% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 45%
Kingston DataTraveler 108 8GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	5.23% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 5.67 Mixed 8.79 12% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.64 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 21% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 2.1 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 3.8 10% 3.57 GB/s	Latency 165 24% 165 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 44%

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System: Microsoft Surface 3

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Atom x7-Z8700IntelBench 27%, 2,330 samples	1x

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HD GraphicsIntelBench 1%, 16,763 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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