Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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.
ProcessorWith 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 45.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics7.67% 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 Drive78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display2256 x 1504 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20210524
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 17 '21 at 11:21
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition
FP6, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
45.2% Average
Memory 54.1
1-Core 75.3
2-Core 136
50% 88.4 Pts
4-Core 196
8-Core 402
35% 299 Pts
64-Core 522
32% 522 Pts
Poor: 41%
This bench: 45.2%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)
Microsoft(1414 0051) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 20.40.53.01
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
7.67% Terrible
Lighting 8.6
Reflection 14.8
Parallax 22.6
7% 15.3 fps
MRender 9.8
Gravity 14
Splatting 9.5
9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 7.67%
Great: 17%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFM256GDGTNI-82A0A 256GB
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11001C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 326 326 321 325 330 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Read 504
Write 549
Mixed 433
SusWrite 337
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 39.2
4K Mixed 25.5
90% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 123
DQ Mixed 290
200% 253 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 146%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown H9HCNNNCPMMLXR-NEE 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB LPDDR4 clocked @ 4266 MHz
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
65.5% Good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 21.4
MC Mixed 23.5
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 19.3
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 146
27% 146 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 65.5%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 4 Builds (Compare 1,910 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

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