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Microsoft Surface Laptop 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics5.95% 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 Drive76.7% 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 90% 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.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 2  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 2
Memory7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2256 x 1504 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date
Uptime14.4 Days
Run DateFeb 28 '21 at 20:27
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 38%
CPU Throttled 90%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8650U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
55.7% Above average
Memory 73.3
1-Core 72.6
2-Core 116
54% 87.4 Pts
4-Core 207
8-Core 380
35% 294 Pts
64-Core 391
24% 391 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 55.7%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Microsoft(1414 0025) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7637
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
5.95% Terrible
Lighting 6.6
Reflection 6.5
Parallax 7.6
5% 6.9 fps
MRender 8.2
Gravity 6.4
Splatting 10.5
7% 8.37 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.95%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung KUS040202M-B000 512GB
278GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXY86M1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 486 459 390 418 499 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
76.7% Very good
Read 345
Write 518
Mixed 314
SusWrite 442
92% 405 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 49.7
4K Mixed 30.1
101% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 31.8
DQ Write 169
DQ Mixed 83.4
69% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 170%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NUD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.6% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 16.7
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.3
SC Write 17.5
SC Mixed 13.2
38% 13.3 GB/s
Latency 93.9
43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 53.6%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 2 Builds (Compare 802 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 2

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