Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Microsoft Surface Studio (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Studio
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4500 x 3000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '18 at 04:29
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6440HQ 98 User benchmarks, average bench 74% , 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 191 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 368 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 965M 3,914 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Microsoft(1414 0020) 2GB CLim: 949 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.95 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Lighting 31.8 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 27.6 26% 29.8 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 27.4 Splatting 24.6 21% 26.2 fps
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asmt 2135 1TB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 256GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 299 303 292 280 281 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 278 Write 271 Mixed 272 SusWrite 293 63% 279 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 20.6 65% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 123 87% 109 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 102%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 752GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2BA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 27 26 25 25 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 18 Write 30.1 Mixed 21.1 SusWrite 25.1 18% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5143EB0-CPB 2x4GB 5,514 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 74%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 32%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

CPU
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	57x
Core i5-6440HQIntelBench 74%, 98 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	36x
GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,914 samples	29x

SSD
Samsung SSD 980 1TBNvmeBench 265%, 5,348 samples	5x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $320Bench 327%, 38,669 samples	4x
THNSN5128GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBToshibaBench 150%, 2,421 samples	2x

RAM
M471A4K43BM1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 72%, 249 samples	36x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	21x
M471A5143EB0-CPB 2x4GBSamsungBench 65%, 5,514 samples	8x