Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13.9% 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 Drive153% 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 86% 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.
Run History
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200623
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateJan 26 '21 at 16:18
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU10%
CPU Throttled 86%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-1065G7
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
70.9% Very good
Memory 60
1-Core 126
2-Core 226
74% 137 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 630
67% 535 Pts
64-Core 653
40% 653 Pts
Poor: 30%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Iris Plus G7
Microsoft(1414 0035) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7641
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
13.9% Very poor
Lighting 16.4
Reflection 15.8
Parallax 18
13% 16.7 fps
MRender 18.9
Gravity 15.9
Splatting 19.9
15% 18.2 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 13.9%
Great: 13%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GB
434GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80041C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 608 584 589 596 590 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
153% Outstanding
Read 873
Write 549
Mixed 446
SusWrite 589
137% 614 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 45.1
170% 61.9 MB/s
DQ Read 902
DQ Write 468
DQ Mixed 633
484% 668 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 153%
Great: 153%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9HCNNNCPNALHR-NEE 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
98.7% Outstanding
MC Read 40.1
MC Write 39
MC Mixed 34.7
108% 37.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 31.9
SC Mixed 22.1
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 128
31% 128 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 120%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 3 Builds (Compare 638 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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