Microsoft Surface Go

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics5.12% 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.
Boot Drive51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Go  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Go
Memory4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1800 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 03 '20 at 15:57
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 above expectations (82nd percentile)
44.3% Average
Memory 66.1
1-Core 49.8
2-Core 86
43% 67.3 Pts
4-Core 132
8-Core 137
18% 134 Pts
64-Core 135
8% 135 Pts
Poor: 24%
This bench: 44.3%
Great: 46%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 615 (Mobile Kaby Lake)
Quanta(152D 1182) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7637
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
5.12% Terrible
Lighting 5.27
Reflection 8.08
Parallax 5.41
4% 6.25 fps
MRender 7.67
Gravity 4.73
Splatting 11.1
7% 7.83 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 5.12%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg30zpz128g TOSHIBA 128GB
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADMS0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 59 54 57 60 68 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
51.2% Above average
Read 447
Write 127
Mixed 116
SusWrite 62.5
41% 188 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 30.4
4K Mixed 19.7
79% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 49.7
DQ Mixed 57.7
60% 102 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 51.2%
Great: 82%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB
56GB free, PID 0258, Verbatim Store 'n' Go Dual Drive
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 28 33 31 26 21 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
52.4% Above average
Read 219
Write 37.2
Mixed 63.1
SusWrite 29.3
88% 87.1 MB/s
4K Read 6
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 4.8
328% 5 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 52.4%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung K3QF4F40BM-AGCF 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
57.6% Above average
MC Read 18.2
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 20.8
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 9.8
SC Write 19
SC Mixed 13.9
41% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 111
36% 111 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 57.6%
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 318 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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