Microsoft Surface Book

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 38.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	6.32% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Microsoft Surface Book (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 03:52
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300U 59,619 User benchmarks, average bench 40% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Memory 42.8 1-Core 63 2-Core 97 40% 67.6 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 186 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 54%

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. 22.20.16.4811 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 5.84 5% 7.06 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 6.1 Splatting 13.3 8% 9.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SB2 256GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 83GB free Firmware: 0204 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 394 Write 369 Mixed 395 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 7.55 40% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 36 DQ Mixed 15.8 18% 29.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 88%
Samsung MZFLV256 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 3,895 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV75M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 860 Write 262 Mixed 381 109% 501 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 20.9 59% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 73.7 DQ Mixed 44.5 48% 80.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x4GB 26,293 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 190 21% 190 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 81%

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

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Workstation 8%

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System: Microsoft Surface Book

CPU
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	982x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	624x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,405x
GeForce GPUNvidiaBench 9%, 1,471 samples	144x
GeForce GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,080 samples	57x

SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 98%, 8,268 samples	394x
MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 108%, 2,691 samples	353x
MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 6,124 samples	210x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	643x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	479x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	265x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16