Microsoft Surface Pro 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive41.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Pro 2  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Pro 2
Memory5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20150410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 19 '23 at 13:14
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User PAK-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4200U-$281
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
28.7% Poor
Memory 56.1
1-Core 4
2-Core 5.9
20% 22 Pts
4-Core 9.6
8-Core 14.5
2% 12.1 Pts
64-Core 148
9% 148 Pts
Poor: 20%
This bench: 28.7%
Great: 56%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-19nmBGA-256G-DS 256GB
209GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DM828D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 117 236 24 28 94 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
41.2% Average
Read 335
Write 282
Mixed 186
SusWrite 131
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 22.7
4K Mixed 14.9
33% 12.9 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 182
140% 193 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 41.2%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9CCNNNBLTMLAR-NTM 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
42% Average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 16.2
47% 16.5 GB/s
SC Read 6.3
SC Write 4.8
SC Mixed 6.1
16% 5.73 GB/s
Latency 140
29% 140 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 42%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Pro 2 Builds (Compare 123 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 2

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