Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics13.1% 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 Drive146% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200427
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 11 '20 at 21:52
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3750U Vega Mobile Gfx
FP5, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
69.5% Good
Memory 72
1-Core 102
2-Core 226
73% 133 Pts
4-Core 361
8-Core 556
57% 458 Pts
64-Core 553
34% 553 Pts
Poor: 36%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega11 Graphics
Microsoft(1414 0034) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20.55.01
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
13.1% Very poor
Lighting 15.7
Reflection 15.7
Parallax 22.3
13% 17.9 fps
MRender 12.8
Gravity 17.8
Splatting 18.7
14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 13.1%
Great: 15%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZ9LQ1T0HALB-00000 1TB
908GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV72M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 843 870 1002 859 496 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
146% Outstanding
Read 539
Write 970
Mixed 676
SusWrite 811
170% 749 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 88
4K Mixed 49.5
166% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 740
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 643
446% 567 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 146%
Great: 203%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (99th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
82.8% Excellent
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 31.3
MC Mixed 27.2
85% 29.7 GB/s
SC Read 22.7
SC Write 32.8
SC Mixed 24.8
76% 26.8 GB/s
Latency 96.8
41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 3 Builds (Compare 635 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

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