Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics5.56% 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 Drive63.9% 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Pro 4  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Pro 4
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime1 Days
Run DateAug 12 '21 at 19:43
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6650U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
43.9% Average
Memory 56.4
1-Core 57.7
2-Core 111
44% 75 Pts
4-Core 182
8-Core 181
24% 182 Pts
64-Core 185
11% 185 Pts
Poor: 37%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 61%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Iris Graphics 540
Microsoft(1414 0015) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6299
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
5.56% Terrible
Lighting 6.8
Reflection 7.6
Parallax 8.9
6% 7.77 fps
MRender 5.8
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 7.3
6% 6.73 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.56%
Great: 9%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GB
442GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV75M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 368 365 267 389 409 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
63.9% Good
Read 384
Write 552
Mixed 186
SusWrite 358
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 8.4
4K Mixed 10.8
45% 12.2 MB/s
DQ Read 413
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 349
246% 316 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 63.9%
Great: 161%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
76.7% Very good
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 47.1
MC Mixed 21.3
85% 29.9 GB/s
SC Read 9.8
SC Write 20.7
SC Mixed 15.5
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 139
29% 139 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Pro 4 Builds (Compare 2,951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

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