Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 42.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics8.91% 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 Drive77.8% 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.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Pro 4  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Pro 4
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171206
Uptime5.1 Days
Run DateSep 09 '18 at 20:49
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6650U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
42.9% Average
Memory 48.7
1-Core 79.2
2-Core 138
50% 88.7 Pts
4-Core 211
8-Core 233
29% 222 Pts
64-Core 180
11% 180 Pts
Poor: 37%
This bench: 42.9%
Great: 61%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Iris 540 (Mobile Skylake)
Microsoft(1414 0015) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4627
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
8.91% Terrible
Lighting 10.6
Reflection 10.3
Parallax 10.6
9% 10.5 fps
MRender 4.9
Gravity 10.5
Splatting 16.8
10% 10.7 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 8.91%
Great: 10%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GB
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV75M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 219 208 199 192 178 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
77.8% Very good
Read 570
Write 357
Mixed 277
SusWrite 210
78% 353 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 51.8
4K Mixed 28.1
98% 34.3 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 169
DQ Mixed 291
209% 274 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 161%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
73.8% Very good
MC Read 23.1
MC Write 44.2
MC Mixed 19.7
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 10.1
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 14.8
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 165
24% 165 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Pro 4 Builds (Compare 2,951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

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