Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.1% 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 Drive111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory8GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4
Memory3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display2256 x 1504 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20210805
Uptime6 Days
Run DateAug 16 '22 at 21:51
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing below expectations (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition
FP6, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
70.8% Very good
Memory 41.5
1-Core 117
2-Core 256
69% 138 Pts
4-Core 535
8-Core 854
85% 694 Pts
64-Core 999
62% 999 Pts
Poor: 41%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)
Microsoft(1414 0051) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 20.40.68.03
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
9.1% Terrible
Lighting 8.6
Reflection 16.2
Parallax 23.3
7% 16 fps
MRender 12.6
Gravity 18
Splatting 17
13% 15.9 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.1%
Great: 17%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg40zns256g NVMe KIOXIA 256GB
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10410105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 384 370 368 346 313 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 476
Write 404
Mixed 431
SusWrite 361
94% 418 MB/s
4K Read 37.5
4K Write 87.5
4K Mixed 47.8
164% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 632
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 436
320% 430 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 111%
Great: 219%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown K4U6E3S4AA-MGCR 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB LPDDR4 clocked @ 4266 MHz
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
71.9% Very good
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 23.6
MC Mixed 27.2
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 8.3
SC Write 32.4
SC Mixed 21.2
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 195
20% 195 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 4 Builds (Compare 1,909 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

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