Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12% 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.
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 Laptop 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	2256 x 1504 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210430
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 04:29
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%
CPU Throttled	86%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 61.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 82% 156 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 645 70% 557 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Plus G7 52,498 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Microsoft(1414 0035) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 17.9 14% 16.5 fps	MRender 18 Gravity 18.3 Splatting 0.3 9% 12.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Jmicron Tech 2TB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: 3202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 375 375 370 374 377 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 304 Write 312 Mixed 289 SusWrite 372 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 24.9 82% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 1.7 DQ Mixed 0.9 20% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 87%
HFM256GDGTNG-87A0A 256GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80041C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 391 395 346 351 352 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
Seagate BUP BL 5TB 976 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 116 118 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 93.2 Write 118 Mixed 71 SusWrite 119 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 167% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 66%

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 (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	119% Outstanding	MC Read 46.7 MC Write 49.6 MC Mixed 40.7 130% 45.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 28.8 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 13: 1R 2G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
13%	22%	23	60	6	60	13.5"	1504 1003	SHP14B3 LQ135P1JX51

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Gaming 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

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System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

CPU
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples	425x
Core i5-1035G7IntelBench 58%, 4,822 samples	154x
Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface EditionAMDBench 56%, 279 samples	47x

GPU
Iris Plus G7IntelBench 9%, 52,498 samples	579x
Radeon RX Vega11 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 197 samples	47x
Radeon Vega 9 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 691 samples	13x

SSD
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GBBench 107%, 1,880 samples	303x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 103%, 373 samples	97x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 1TBKbg40zns1t02Bench 143%, 233 samples	70x

RAM
H9HCNNNCPNALHR-NEE 2x8GBHynixBench 107%, 3,280 samples	190x
K4UBE3D4AA-MGCL 2x8GBSamsungBench 104%, 7,828 samples	168x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBSamsungBench 98%, 4,747 samples	92x

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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 $178	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