Microsoft Surface Laptop Go

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.4% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 83% 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 Go (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1536 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220204
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	May 09 '22 at 15:12
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	83%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-1035G1 53,170 User benchmarks, average bench 51% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.2 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Memory 53.2 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 154 58% 102 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 221 26% 202 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD G1 68,603 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Microsoft(1414 0047) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9621 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	5.4% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 9.2 Parallax 8.2 4% 7.37 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 10.8 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.4% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns128g BG4A KIOXIA 128GB 692 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: AEMS0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 417 396 399 283 214 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 609 Write 448 Mixed 522 SusWrite 345 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 14 48% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 168 128% 180 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 155%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron MT53E512M32D2NP-046 2x4GB 764 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR4 4267 MHz clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 29.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 21.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop Go

CPU
Core i5-1035G1IntelBench 51%, 53,170 samples	432x

GPU
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples	432x

SSD
BG4A KIOXIA 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 106%, 692 samples	226x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 103%, 373 samples	74x
MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 114%, 809 samples	44x

RAM
MT53E512M32D2NP-046 2x4GBMicronBench 87%, 764 samples	168x
H9HCNNNBKMALHR-NEE 2x4GBHynixBench 99%, 1,304 samples	153x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBSamsungBench 98%, 4,747 samples	75x

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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