Microsoft Surface Book

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 7% 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.67% 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	84.8% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Microsoft Surface Book (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '24 at 00:49
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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 i7-6600U 31,982 User benchmarks, average bench 45% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	41.6% Average	Memory 51.2 1-Core 55.6 2-Core 128 44% 78.2 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 192 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Microsoft(1414 0014) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6293 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 5.2 Parallax 6.2 5% 5.93 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 9.9 7% 7.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GB 2,691 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV75M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 454 513 523 460 484 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 467 Write 462 Mixed 305 SusWrite 486 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 17 66% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 338 260% 359 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 161%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x8GB 17,576 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 12.7 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 159 25% 159 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 83%

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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	53	30	60	13.5"	1280 720	MEI96A2 VVX14P048M00

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book

CPU
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	988x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	629x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,416x
GeForce GPUNvidiaBench 9%, 1,471 samples	144x
GeForce GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,080 samples	57x

SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 98%, 8,268 samples	396x
MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 108%, 2,691 samples	355x
MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 6,124 samples	210x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	647x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	482x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	266x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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