Microsoft Surface Pro 9

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics11.6% 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 Drive143% 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.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Pro 9  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Pro 9
Memory1.9 GB free of 8 GB
Display2880 x 1920 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20230817
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 16 '23 at 13:19
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-1235U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
65.6% Good
Memory 53.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 245
74% 142 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 723
69% 570 Pts
64-Core 932
58% 932 Pts
Poor: 32%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Microsoft(1414 0063) 1GB
Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.3118
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
11.6% Very poor
Lighting 12.1
Reflection 18.7
Parallax 13.9
10% 14.9 fps
MRender 18.2
Gravity 23.6
Splatting 14.8
15% 18.9 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 11.6%
Great: 18%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
MZ9L4128HCHQ-00BMV-SAMSUNG 128GB
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HXC75M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 712 175 178 181 197 185 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
143% Outstanding
Read 1,228
Write 1,154
Mixed 909
SusWrite 271
199% 891 MB/s
4K Read 51.3
4K Write 81.2
4K Mixed 59.2
197% 63.9 MB/s
DQ Read 522
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 424
298% 385 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 143%
Great: 147%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9JCNNNBK3MLYR-N6E 8x1GB
8 of 8 slots used
8GB Row of chips 23h 6400 MHz clocked @ 5200 MHz
Performing below potential (87th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
124% Outstanding
MC Read 46
MC Write 54.5
MC Mixed 48.2
142% 49.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 21.8
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 153
26% 153 ns
Poor: 76%
This bench: 124%
Great: 131%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
0% 0% 0 0 0 60 13" 1280 720 LGD0719
Typical Surface Pro 9 Builds (Compare 847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 62%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 9

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