Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro
Memory	0.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '24 at 06:39
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3317U-$225 26,848 User benchmarks, average bench 47% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 52.7 2-Core 78.1 46% 68.5 Pts	4-Core 96.5 8-Core 65.4 12% 80.9 Pts	64-Core 99.5 6% 99.5 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Microsoft(1414 0166) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.66% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 2.5 3% 2.5 fps	MRender 2.8 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 3.4 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.66% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-19nmBGA-128G 128GB 387 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: BM7280B SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 302 301 280 302 294 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	59% Above average	Read 400 Write 190 Mixed 251 SusWrite 295 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 14.4 59% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 176 127% 165 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 86%
SDXC Card 64GB 12,175 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 20GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 8 14 15 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 212 Write 16.5 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 11.7 54% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.3 48% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
SAMSUNG M471B5674BH0-CK0 2x2GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.1% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 3.2 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 99.4 40% 99.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 52%

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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	45	33	60	10.6"	1280 720	SEC3242

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Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface with Windows 8 Pro

CPU
Core i5-3317UIntel $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples	112x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	112x

SSD
MZMPC128HBFU-000L1 128GBSamsungBench 56%, 1,498 samples	44x
C400 RealSSD mSATA 128GBMicron $159Bench 50%, 644 samples	21x
C400 RealSSD mSATA 64GBMicronBench 44%, 220 samples	20x

RAM
1D6G1-ZH46652FTK40 2x2GBMICRONBench 48%, 841 samples	98x
M471B5674BH0-CK0 2x2GBSAMSUNGBench 47%, 154 samples	14x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16