Microsoft Surface Pro 8

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 44%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 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 34.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics11.1% 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 Drive73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
17 months ago, 17 months ago.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Pro 8  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Pro 8
Memory2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display2880 x 1920 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20211215
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateNov 28 '22 at 10:23
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU 67%

 PC Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-1135G7
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
34.6% Below average
Memory 44.4
1-Core 56.3
2-Core 89.3
38% 63.3 Pts
4-Core 135
8-Core 241
23% 188 Pts
64-Core 228
14% 228 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 34.6%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Iris Xe
Microsoft(1414 0046) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9624
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
11.1% Very poor
Lighting 11.3
Reflection 20.2
Parallax 19.7
9% 17.1 fps
MRender 18.5
Gravity 24.5
Splatting 13.4
15% 18.8 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 11.1%
Great: 20%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg40zns256g BG4A KIOXIA 256GB
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AEMS0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 395 417 458 318 294 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
73.3% Very good
Read 554
Write 468
Mixed 417
SusWrite 376
102% 454 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 23.4
4K Mixed 18.9
67% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 192
136% 175 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 174%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 53E512M32D2NP-046 8x1GB
8 of 8 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
78.5% Very good
MC Read 26.3
MC Write 41.4
MC Mixed 28.7
92% 32.1 GB/s
SC Read 6.7
SC Write 15.1
SC Mixed 6.5
27% 9.43 GB/s
Latency 183
22% 183 ns
Poor: 82%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 122%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Pro 8 Builds (Compare 2,764 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 8

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