Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics6.61% 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 Drive184% 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.
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.
CPU throttled at 90% 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 2  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Book 2
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 01 '21 at 22:23
Run Duration223 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU1%
CPU Throttled 90%

 PC Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8650U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
68.8% Good
Memory 63.6
1-Core 125
2-Core 247
77% 145 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 501
59% 456 Pts
64-Core 506
31% 506 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Microsoft(1414 0027) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.61% Terrible
Lighting 7.3
Reflection 31
Parallax 8.6
6% 15.6 fps
MRender 9.7
Gravity 7.5
Splatting 11.1
8% 9.43 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.61%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW1T0HMLH-000MU 1TB
867GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY74M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 986 1025 872 777 748 1057 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
184% Outstanding
Read 658
Write 746
Mixed 378
SusWrite 911
152% 673 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 50.2
197% 74.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,091
DQ Write 825
DQ Mixed 591
542% 836 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 184%
Great: 178%
SDXC Card 512GB
363GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 76 74 76 79 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
40.2% Average
Read 79.2
Write 68.1
Mixed 56.5
SusWrite 76.5
94% 70.1 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 4.2
290% 6.43 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 40.2%
Great: 45%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
62.2% Good
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 23.5
MC Mixed 19.2
63% 22.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 25.3
SC Mixed 20.3
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 117
34% 117 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 62.2%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 28: 4R 2G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
28% 22% 37 306 220 60 13.5" 1500 1000 MEI96A2 TDM13O56
History: Score 9: 0R 2G 3B | Score 28: 4R 2G 2B
Typical Surface Book 2 Builds (Compare 3,913 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book 2

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