Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.5% 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 Drive126% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201014
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateFeb 16 '21 at 17:47
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface Edition
FP5, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
70.2% Very good
Memory 68.8
1-Core 120
2-Core 226
76% 138 Pts
4-Core 385
8-Core 610
61% 498 Pts
64-Core 578
36% 578 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega11 Graphics
Microsoft(1414 0034) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20.63.01
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
14.5% Very poor
Lighting 19
Reflection 13.4
Parallax 26.5
16% 19.6 fps
MRender 11.2
Gravity 21.9
Splatting 13.6
13% 15.6 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 14.5%
Great: 15%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GB
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80041C00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 553 468 588 635 640 659 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 844
Write 661
Mixed 481
SusWrite 590
144% 644 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 41.5
4K Mixed 34.3
120% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 803
DQ Write 76.4
DQ Mixed 147
181% 342 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 126%
Great: 153%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1G44AB0-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (54th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.7% Good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 20.9
66% 23.3 GB/s
SC Read 22.6
SC Write 31.7
SC Mixed 23.4
74% 25.9 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 3 Builds (Compare 639 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

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