Microsoft Surface Laptop Go

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.04% 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	155% 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	8GB 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 Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 83% 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 Go (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop Go
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1536 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220204
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '22 at 23:28
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	83%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-1035G1 53,170 User benchmarks, average bench 51% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 67.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 246 76% 142 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 518 58% 458 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD G1 68,603 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Microsoft(1414 0047) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9621 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 3.1 Parallax 8.4 6% 6.27 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 11.6 9% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns128g BG4A KIOXIA 128GB 692 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: AEMS0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 639 584 217 222 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 929 Write 747 Mixed 702 SusWrite 382 154% 690 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.4 222% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 466 376% 543 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 155%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron MT53E512M32D2NP-046 2x4GB 764 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR4 4267 MHz clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 45.4 MC Mixed 36.1 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Microsoft Surface Laptop Go

CPU
Core i5-1035G1IntelBench 51%, 53,170 samples	434x

GPU
UHD G1IntelBench 5%, 68,603 samples	434x

SSD
BG4A KIOXIA 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 106%, 692 samples	226x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 103%, 373 samples	75x
MZ9LQ256HBJQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 114%, 809 samples	44x

RAM
MT53E512M32D2NP-046 2x4GBMicronBench 87%, 764 samples	169x
H9HCNNNBKMALHR-NEE 2x4GBHynixBench 99%, 1,304 samples	153x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBSamsungBench 98%, 4,747 samples	76x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16