Microsoft Surface Go

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 37%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics3.39% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Go  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Go
Memory3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1800 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181009
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 14 '19 at 17:32
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
38% Below average
Memory 63
1-Core 19.8
2-Core 45.4
31% 42.7 Pts
4-Core 72.7
8-Core 130
12% 102 Pts
64-Core 92.2
6% 92.2 Pts
Poor: 24%
This bench: 38%
Great: 46%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 615 (Mobile Kaby Lake)
Quanta(152D 1182) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4974
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
3.39% Terrible
Lighting 4.9
Reflection 7.08
Parallax 5
4% 5.66 fps
MRender 5.48
Gravity 3.73
Splatting 0.09
2% 3.1 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.39%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg30zpz128g TOSHIBA 128GB
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADMS0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 112 108 87 66 63 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
39.9% Below average
Read 326
Write 124
Mixed 108
SusWrite 92
36% 163 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 20.4
4K Mixed 9.9
52% 16.4 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 84.7
DQ Mixed 84.2
76% 117 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 39.9%
Great: 82%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung K3QF4F40BM-AGCF 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
56.6% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 25
MC Mixed 21.2
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 6.5
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 13.2
35% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 119
34% 119 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 56.6%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Go Builds (Compare 317 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Go

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