Microsoft Surface Pro 3

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.1% 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.

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System	Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 3
Memory	0.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2160 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170426
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 03:11
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4300U 36,631 User benchmarks, average bench 44% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 79.6 1-Core 83.6 2-Core 124 60% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 186 26% 194 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Microsoft(1414 0005) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4568 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.52% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 6.27 Parallax 6.31 3% 5.36 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.52 5% 5.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.52% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128G3AMNB-2200A 128GB 1,805 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10108L00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6284 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1322 (64) Unknown 100 100 11207673 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11092192 (B2) Unknown 100 100 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 33 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2463 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 0 51542753319 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 43330 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15358 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25352 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 948	46.1% Average	Read 443 Write 235 Mixed 315 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 7.06 46% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 13.3 DQ Write 21.6 DQ Mixed 6.39 8% 13.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 83%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 3GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	4.49% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 4.09 Mixed 6.65 10% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.19 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.12 12% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.49% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNN8JTMLAR-NTM 2x2GB 1,457 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.8% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 14.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 56%

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

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 3

CPU
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples	929x
Core i7-4650UIntelBench 51%, 4,310 samples	354x
Core i3-4020YIntelBench 43%, 1,246 samples	94x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	929x
HD 5000 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 6,906 samples	354x
HD 4200 (Mobile 0.85 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 3,426 samples	94x

SSD
MZMTE256HMHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 62%, 2,854 samples	501x
PM851 mSATA 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 2,513 samples	341x
HFS256G3AMNB-2200A 256GBBench 64%, 1,478 samples	178x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	641x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	440x
H9CCNNNBLTMLAR-NTM 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 2,130 samples	186x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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