Microsoft Surface Pro 4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.09% 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	81.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (19%). 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 4
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '20 at 05:14
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 53.3 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 170 58% 104 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 244 31% 236 Pts	64-Core 247 15% 247 Pts
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.5% 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)	6.09% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 6.16 5% 7.05 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 5.77 Splatting 12.1 7% 8.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.09% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57MS4109 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 368 339 371 345 315 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 446 Write 394 Mixed 382 SusWrite 357 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 25.6 83% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 370 271% 367 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 207%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 18GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	9.91% Terrible	Read 34.8 Write 14.7 Mixed 17.8 SusWrite 14.2 25% 20.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.9 88% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2x4GB 26,293 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 45%

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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 $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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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