Microsoft Surface Book

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
Processor	With 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 25.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	4.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% 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.

System	Microsoft Surface Book (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '20 at 20:12
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300U 59,619 User benchmarks, average bench 40% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Memory 29.2 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 77.3 33% 57.4 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 173 18% 146 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Microsoft(1414 0014) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6293 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	4.54% Terrible	Lighting 4.73 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 4.56 4% 5.3 fps	MRender 6.43 Gravity 4.4 Splatting 9.61 6% 6.81 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.54% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GB 6,124 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV75M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 142 146 144 137 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 293 Write 150 Mixed 128 SusWrite 142 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 12.4 42% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 81.8 DQ Mixed 181 132% 178 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix 2x4GB 11,918 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 19.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 1.7 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 2.5 12% 4.1 GB/s	Latency 260 15% 260 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book

CPU
Core i7-6600UIntelBench 45%, 31,982 samples	982x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	625x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,406x
GeForce GPUNvidiaBench 9%, 1,471 samples	144x
GeForce GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,080 samples	57x

SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 98%, 8,268 samples	394x
MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 108%, 2,691 samples	353x
MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 6,124 samples	210x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	644x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	479x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	265x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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