Microsoft Surface 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 20.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicrosoft Surface 3  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface 3
Memory1.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1280 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150309
Uptime2 Days
Run DateDec 13 '17 at 10:11
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
20.4% Poor
Memory 36.1
1-Core 7.9
2-Core 15.5
16% 19.8 Pts
4-Core 28.6
8-Core 28.9
4% 28.8 Pts
64-Core 27.8
2% 27.8 Pts
Poor: 19%
This bench: 20.4%
Great: 32%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MDGAGC 125GB
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0.1
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
43.4% Average
Read 128
Write 18.8
Mixed 38
46% 61.7 MB/s
4K Read 7.52
4K Write 6.68
4K Mixed 2.87
756% 5.69 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 43.4%
Great: 54%
Generic SL64G SD Card 64GB
5GB free
Firmware: 8.0
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
17.4% Very poor
Read 41.7
Write 17.7
Mixed 19.7
20% 26.4 MB/s
4K Read 4.15
4K Write 0.63
4K Mixed 0.65
257% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 17.4%
Great: 27%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x2GB
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
20.4% Poor
MC Read 6.8
MC Write 8.6
MC Mixed 8.1
22% 7.83 GB/s
SC Read 2.2
SC Write 3.8
SC Mixed 2.6
8% 2.87 GB/s
Latency 221
18% 221 ns
Poor: 10%
This bench: 20.4%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface 3 Builds (Compare 1 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete

System: Microsoft Surface 3

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