Microsoft Surface Studio 2

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Studio 2
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	4500 x 3000 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '24 at 06:22
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HQ 422 User benchmarks, average bench 76% , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 504 52% 417 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 253 User benchmarks, average bench 77% Microsoft(1414 0020) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1982 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 462.96 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.2% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 106 Parallax 85.9 63% 90.1 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 88.6 69% 83.2 fps
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 80%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNV2S1000G 1TB 75,739 User benchmarks, average bench 260% 860GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBM02103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 1180 1329 1428 1558 1447 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,517 Write 1,467 Mixed 1103 SusWrite 1,301 303% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 23.8 99% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 676 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 539 410% 559 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 352%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 2x16GB 4,947 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 89%

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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	68	55	60	28.4"	1280 720	SHP1498

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Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

System: Microsoft Surface Studio 2

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 76%, 422 samples	127x

GPU
GeForce GTX 1070NvidiaBench 77%, 253 samples	88x
GeForce GTX 1060NvidiaBench 50%, 155 samples	39x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBToshibaBench 171%, 9,737 samples	92x
TOSHIBA 2TBKxg50pnv2t04Bench 170%, 401 samples	29x
P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $120Bench 387%, 17,197 samples	2x

RAM
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBHynixBench 81%, 4,947 samples	87x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 28,425 samples	36x
CT32G4SFD8266.C16FE 2x31.5GBCrucialBench 79%, 227 samples	2x

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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 $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 $40	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16