Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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.
ProcessorWith 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 36.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics2.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive75.8% 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201014
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 29 '21 at 15:18
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface Edition
FP5, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
36.4% Below average
Memory 31.8
1-Core 58.3
2-Core 112
36% 67.3 Pts
4-Core 220
8-Core 362
36% 291 Pts
64-Core 405
25% 405 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 36.4%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega11 Graphics
Microsoft(1414 0034) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20.63.01
Relative performance (0th percentile)
2.6% Terrible
Lighting 3.3
Reflection 2.7
Parallax 4.8
3% 3.6 fps
MRender 3
Gravity 3.8
Splatting 2.3
2% 3.03 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 2.6%
Great: 15%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GB
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80041C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 328 364 376 382 375 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Read 422
Write 365
Mixed 316
SusWrite 366
83% 367 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 38.4
4K Mixed 23.7
79% 27 MB/s
DQ Read 401
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 355
239% 297 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 153%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAA1GS6CMR6N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
27.8% Poor
MC Read 8.2
MC Write 7.4
MC Mixed 13.5
28% 9.7 GB/s
SC Read 6.5
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 12
28% 9.83 GB/s
Latency 244
16% 244 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 27.8%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 3 Builds (Compare 637 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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