Microsoft Surface Book 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	143% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 90% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Microsoft Surface Book 2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Book 2
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3000 x 2000 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 00:26
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8650U 42,414 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 163 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 476 54% 424 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 71%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLW256HEHP-000MV 256GB 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB72M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 324 316 324 324 323 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1,241 Write 328 Mixed 326 SusWrite 322 121% 554 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.5 164% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 451 358% 511 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 145%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GB 14,211 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Book 2

CPU
Core i7-8650UIntelBench 52%, 42,414 samples	3,303x
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	420x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	194x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	2,761x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	419x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	414x

SSD
MZFLW512HMJP-000MV 512GBSamsungBench 114%, 5,563 samples	958x
MZFLW256HEHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 105%, 6,615 samples	865x
HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GBBABench 97%, 2,238 samples	611x

RAM
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 60%, 11,327 samples	1,778x
2x8GBSamsungBench 62%, 17,576 samples	1,001x
H9CCNNNBJTALAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 14,211 samples	987x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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