Microsoft Surface Go 2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 28.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics4.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive59.1% 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.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Go 2  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Go 2
Memory3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1280 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200422
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateSep 01 '20 at 08:07
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (34th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.7 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
28.4% Poor
Memory 36.8
1-Core 33.6
2-Core 66.8
28% 45.7 Pts
4-Core 120
8-Core 97.1
15% 109 Pts
64-Core 103
6% 103 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 28.4%
Great: 46%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 615
Quanta(152D 1237) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7529
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
4.98% Terrible
Lighting 5.23
Reflection 7.73
Parallax 5.31
4% 6.09 fps
MRender 6.1
Gravity 4.73
Splatting 11.1
6% 7.32 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.98%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme HFB1M8MQ331C0MR 128GB
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80042C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 177 169 160 173 179 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
59.1% Above average
Read 461
Write 295
Mixed 339
SusWrite 174
71% 317 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 36.1
4K Mixed 18.4
71% 24.5 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 222
155% 199 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 59.1%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix H9CCNNNCPTALBR-NUD 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
52.2% Above average
MC Read 17.6
MC Write 24.8
MC Mixed 20.2
60% 20.9 GB/s
SC Read 6.2
SC Write 11.1
SC Mixed 7.1
23% 8.13 GB/s
Latency 218
18% 218 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Go 2 Builds (Compare 394 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Go 2

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