Microsoft Surface Book

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics5.56% 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 Drive72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 92% 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.
Run History
SystemMicrosoft Surface Book  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Book
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 11 '22 at 04:31
Run Duration202 Seconds
Run User VNM-User
Background CPU 63%
CPU Throttled 92%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6600U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
42.1% Average
Memory 60.2
1-Core 55.5
2-Core 122
46% 79.2 Pts
4-Core 134
8-Core 177
20% 156 Pts
64-Core 183
11% 183 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 42.1%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)
Microsoft(1414 0014) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6293
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
5.56% Terrible
Lighting 6.3
Reflection 10.3
Parallax 6.3
5% 7.63 fps
MRender 6.7
Gravity 6.3
Splatting 9.6
6% 7.53 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.56%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GB
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV75M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 338 368 362 391 378 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
72.4% Very good
Read 404
Write 555
Mixed 336
SusWrite 370
94% 416 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 41.1
4K Mixed 22.6
75% 26.6 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 133
DQ Mixed 264
186% 241 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 161%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
54.2% Above average
MC Read 19
MC Write 22.3
MC Mixed 19.2
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 8.7
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 11
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 127
32% 127 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 54.2%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Book Builds (Compare 1,609 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book

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