Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	6% 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 Drive	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 Pro 4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 4
Memory	0.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	17.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 18:27
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	36.7% Below average	Memory 36.7 1-Core 86.8 2-Core 136 47% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 235 29% 221 Pts	64-Core 229 14% 229 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.7% 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 0015) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6299 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 6.06 5% 7.07 fps	MRender 6.29 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 13 7% 8.39 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV128 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV75M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 115 116 102 105 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 386 Write 141 Mixed 128 SusWrite 111 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 19.7 4K Mixed 11.1 42% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 423 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 195 164% 246 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 105%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 25GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 14 13 13 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	9.5% Terrible	Read 38.5 Write 11.3 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 13.3 21% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.9 81% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.5% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x2GB 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 218 18% 218 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 66%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 4

CPU
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	1,853x
Core i7-6650UIntelBench 53%, 6,131 samples	886x
Core m3-6Y30IntelBench 44%, 5,480 samples	212x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,852x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	871x
HD 515 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 3%, 10,056 samples	212x

SSD
MZFLV256HCHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 98%, 8,268 samples	1,020x
MZFLV128HCGR-000MV 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 6,124 samples	763x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	378x

RAM
2x4GBSamsungBench 59%, 26,293 samples	713x
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	684x
2x2GBSamsungBench 46%, 9,651 samples	531x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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