Microsoft Surface Pro 7

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14% 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	144% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 86% 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.

System	Microsoft Surface Pro 7 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Pro 7
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	2736 x 1824 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '21 at 00:16
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	86%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-1065G7 58,314 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 66.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 87% 164 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 640 71% 561 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Plus G7 52,498 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Microsoft(1414 0037) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 18.2 14% 17.5 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 18.2 Splatting 20.1 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zpz512g TOSHIBA MEMORY 512GB 359 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: AEMS0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 794 460 360 362 359 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 770 Write 844 Mixed 794 SusWrite 513 165% 730 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 57 191% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 728 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 570 405% 527 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 171%
Teyadi USB 3.0 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 401GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 29.6 Write 19.4 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 19.8 18% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung K4UBE3D4AA-MGCL 2x8GB 7,828 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR4 4267 MHz clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	120% Outstanding	MC Read 47.3 MC Write 49.1 MC Mixed 39.9 130% 45.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 30 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%

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

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 13%

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System: Microsoft Surface Pro 7

CPU
Core i5-1035G4IntelBench 55%, 13,243 samples	1,261x
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples	498x
Core i3-1005G1IntelBench 44%, 22,960 samples	177x

GPU
Iris Plus G4IntelBench 6%, 12,263 samples	1,261x
Iris Plus G7IntelBench 9%, 52,498 samples	498x
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples	177x

SSD
HFB1M8MQ331C0MR 128GBNvmeBench 85%, 3,107 samples	827x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zpz128gBench 102%, 1,133 samples	392x
BG4A KIOXIA 256GBKbg40zpz256gBench 117%, 147 samples	172x

RAM
H9HCNNNBKNALHR-NEE 2x4GBHynixBench 100%, 4,264 samples	577x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBMicronBench 101%, 1,347 samples	376x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBSamsungBench 98%, 4,747 samples	300x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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