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Microsoft Surface Pro 3

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Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 3
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2160 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190430
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '20 at 17:37
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4300U 36,631 User benchmarks, average bench 44% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 84 2-Core 139 58% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 203 27% 203 Pts	64-Core 203 12% 203 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Microsoft(1414 0005) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4568 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 5.96 Parallax 5.47 3% 5.04 fps	MRender 7.05 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.57 5% 5.62 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZMTE256HMHP-000MV 256GB 2,854 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT41M0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 32 27 25 35 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 328 Write 51 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 33.2 26% 122 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 16.1 73% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 31 DQ Mixed 36.3 55% 110 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 80%
SDXC Card 128GB 9,908 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 19GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 14 15 15 15 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 13.5 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 15.3 26% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.7 93% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 17.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 65%

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

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Typical Surface Pro 3 Builds (Compare 1,377 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Pro 3

CPU
Core i5-4300UIntelBench 44%, 36,631 samples	929x
Core i7-4650UIntelBench 51%, 4,310 samples	354x
Core i3-4020YIntelBench 43%, 1,246 samples	94x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	929x
HD 5000 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 6,906 samples	354x
HD 4200 (Mobile 0.85 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 3,426 samples	94x

SSD
MZMTE256HMHP-000MV 256GBSamsungBench 62%, 2,854 samples	501x
PM851 mSATA 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 2,513 samples	341x
HFS256G3AMNB-2200A 256GBBench 64%, 1,478 samples	178x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	641x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	440x
H9CCNNNBLTMLAR-NTM 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 2,130 samples	186x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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

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