Microsoft Surface Go

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 28%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics4.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive30.1% 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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Go  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Go
Memory2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200617
Uptime4.9 Days
Run DateSep 30 '20 at 17:53
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 85%

 PC Performing below expectations (30th 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 way below expectations (7th percentile)
24.8% Poor
Memory 30
1-Core 33.6
2-Core 63.9
25% 42.5 Pts
4-Core 113
8-Core 122
16% 118 Pts
64-Core 118
7% 118 Pts
Poor: 24%
This bench: 24.8%
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)
4.96% Terrible
Lighting 5.27
Reflection 7.08
Parallax 5.16
4% 5.83 fps
MRender 5.86
Gravity 4.4
Splatting 11.1
6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.96%
Great: 5%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg30zpz128g TOSHIBA 128GB
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADMS0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 40 54 55 50 43 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
30.1% Below average
Read 356
Write 73.8
Mixed 137
SusWrite 49.3
34% 154 MB/s
4K Read 11.3
4K Write 13.1
4K Mixed 8.5
35% 11 MB/s
DQ Read 55.4
DQ Write 47.5
DQ Mixed 70
47% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 30.1%
Great: 82%
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 (7th percentile)
46.5% Average
MC Read 14.3
MC Write 22
MC Mixed 17.8
52% 18 GB/s
SC Read 6.2
SC Write 13.7
SC Mixed 10
28% 9.97 GB/s
Latency 255
16% 255 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 46.5%
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 319 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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