Microsoft Surface Pro 3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 3
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2160 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '17 at 02:11
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4300U 36,631 User benchmarks, average bench 44% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48.1% Average	Memory 84.2 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 139 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 72.9 8-Core 78.4 10% 75.7 Pts	64-Core 90.6 6% 90.6 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Microsoft(1414 0005) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4568 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	2.92% Terrible	Lighting 3.03 Reflection 5.08 Parallax 5.25 2% 4.45 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 5.48 4% 4.55 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.92% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G3AMNB-2200A 256GB 1,478 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10108L00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3272 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (64) Unknown 100 100 9345218 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 221 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9099456 (B2) Unknown 100 100 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 71 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5241 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 18584 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 68727799841 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 543468 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 253 253 1 (EA) Unknown 100 100 35483 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5196 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4815 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 144851	68.2% Good	Read 460 Write 316 Mixed 379 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 18 70% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 58.4 86% 159 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 81%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 58GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 27.9 Mixed 40 46% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.34 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 1.79 171% 3.26 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.6 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 3

CPU
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples	929x
Core i7-4650UIntelBench 51%, 4,310 samples	354x
Core i3-4020YIntelBench 43%, 1,246 samples	94x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	929x
HD 5000 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 6,906 samples	354x
HD 4200 (Mobile 0.85 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 3,426 samples	94x

SSD
MZMTE256HMHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 62%, 2,854 samples	501x
PM851 mSATA 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 2,513 samples	341x
HFS256G3AMNB-2200A 256GBBench 64%, 1,478 samples	178x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	641x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	440x
H9CCNNNBLTMLAR-NTM 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 2,130 samples	186x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16