Microsoft Surface Go

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 31%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics4.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Go  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Go
Memory4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1800 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181009
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 05 '18 at 23:26
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User TWN-User
Background CPU 97%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
28.4% Poor
Memory 41.6
1-Core 27.2
2-Core 46.3
25% 38.4 Pts
4-Core 93
8-Core 68.3
11% 80.7 Pts
64-Core 103
6% 103 Pts
Poor: 24%
This bench: 28.4%
Great: 46%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 615 (Mobile Kaby Lake)
Quanta(152D 1182) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4974
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
4.95% Terrible
Lighting 5.3
Reflection 7.38
Parallax 4.78
4% 5.82 fps
MRender 5.48
Gravity 4.73
Splatting 11
6% 7.06 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.95%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg30zpz128g TOSHIBA 128GB
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADMS0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 250 99 109 111 91 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
54.9% Above average
Read 488
Write 405
Mixed 401
SusWrite 159
81% 364 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 23.3
4K Mixed 16.8
61% 19.4 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 121
DQ Mixed 182
128% 163 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 54.9%
Great: 82%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 77 40 108 126 127 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
37.8% Below average
Read 31.7
Write 37
Mixed 29
SusWrite 99.2
36% 49.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 0.6
138% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 37.8%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung K3QF4F40BM-AGCF 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
47.4% Average
MC Read 15
MC Write 21.6
MC Mixed 17.4
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 6.4
SC Write 15.4
SC Mixed 12
32% 11.3 GB/s
Latency 195
20% 195 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Go Builds (Compare 318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Go

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