Microsoft Surface Book

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics5.42% 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 Drive79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 92% 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.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Book  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Book
Memory8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 31 '20 at 08:11
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 64%
CPU Throttled 92%

 PC Performing below expectations (26th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6600U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
26.5% Poor
Memory 33.5
1-Core 60.4
2-Core 94.1
36% 62.7 Pts
4-Core 110
8-Core 132
16% 121 Pts
64-Core 165
10% 165 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 26.5%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)
Microsoft(1414 0014) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6293
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
5.42% Terrible
Lighting 5.77
Reflection 30.5
Parallax 6.28
5% 14.2 fps
MRender 7.05
Gravity 5.1
Splatting 11.5
7% 7.88 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.42%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW1T0HMLH-000MU 1TB
385GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY74M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 296 322 312 274 367 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 533
Write 434
Mixed 267
SusWrite 323
87% 389 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 42.1
4K Mixed 29
90% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 239
176% 234 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 178%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
37.6% Below average
MC Read 10.7
MC Write 15
MC Mixed 17.2
41% 14.3 GB/s
SC Read 6.6
SC Write 11.7
SC Mixed 7.9
25% 8.73 GB/s
Latency 235
17% 235 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 37.6%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Book Builds (Compare 1,609 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book

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