Microsoft Surface Pro 8

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.6% 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 Drive	98.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 8 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 8
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	2880 x 1920 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20231107
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '24 at 18:42
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-1135G7 36,962 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.2% Average	Memory 50.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 188 62% 115 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 293 36% 276 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Xe 144,774 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Microsoft(1414 0046) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.3889 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 15.4 10% 15.3 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 14.3 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 20%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns128g BG4A KIOXIA 128GB 692 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: AEMS0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 329 154 165 150 114 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 599 Mixed 617 SusWrite 229 122% 547 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 31.4 116% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 713 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 292 253% 391 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 155%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung K4U6E3S4AA-MGCR 8x1GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 8 of 8 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 51 MC Mixed 32.9 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 10.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 161 25% 161 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 141%

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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	67	55	60	13"	1440 889	LGD06B1

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Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 8

CPU
Core i7-1185G7IntelBench 67%, 9,588 samples	1,497x
Core i5-1135G7IntelBench 69%, 36,962 samples	1,083x
Core i5-1145G7IntelBench 69%, 4,608 samples	183x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	2,630x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	15x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	10x

SSD
BG4A KIOXIA 256GBKbg40zns256gBench 127%, 1,164 samples	822x
HFM256GD3GX013N-SKhynix 255GBBench 153%, 731 samples	528x
MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 114%, 809 samples	244x

RAM
53E1G32D2NP-046 8x2GBMicronBench 109%, 5,383 samples	702x
HCNNNCPMMLXR-NEE 8x2GBHynixBench 116%, 4,501 samples	518x
53E512M32D2NP-046 8x1GBMicronBench 111%, 2,273 samples	504x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16