Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13.6% 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 Drive114% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4
Memory1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20210805
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 07 '22 at 23:51
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface Edition
FP6, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 61.9
1-Core 141
2-Core 277
84% 160 Pts
4-Core 480
8-Core 761
76% 620 Pts
64-Core 1,060
66% 1,060 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)
Microsoft(1414 0051) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 20.40.68.03
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
13.6% Very poor
Lighting 16.5
Reflection 15
Parallax 24.1
13% 18.5 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 18.7
Splatting 19.1
14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 13.6%
Great: 17%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg40zns512g BG4A KIOXIA 512GB
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AEMS0105
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 407 420 567 365 358 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 910
Write 683
Mixed 808
SusWrite 418
158% 705 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 48.3
4K Mixed 32.8
106% 35.5 MB/s
DQ Read 653
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 447
327% 439 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 114%
Great: 171%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown K4U6E3S4AA-MGCR 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB LPDDR4 clocked @ 4266 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
58.8% Above average
MC Read 22.4
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 22.7
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 12
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 19
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 122
33% 122 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 58.8%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 4 Builds (Compare 1,913 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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