Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 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 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics9.94% 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 Drive89.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4  (all builds)
MotherboardMicrosoft Surface Laptop 4
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display2496 x 1664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201204
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 17 '21 at 01:24
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 61%

 PC Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface Edition
FP6, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
43.1% Average
Memory 45.1
1-Core 69.9
2-Core 136
46% 83.6 Pts
4-Core 221
8-Core 400
37% 310 Pts
64-Core 700
43% 700 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 43.1%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)
Microsoft(1414 0051) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 20.40.21.02
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
9.94% Terrible
Lighting 9.2
Reflection 17.9
Parallax 29.8
8% 19 fps
MRender 10.7
Gravity 20.5
Splatting 20.9
15% 17.4 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.94%
Great: 17%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZ9LQ512HALU-00000 512GB
440GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXV72M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 490 460 418 422 427 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Read 517
Write 542
Mixed 469
SusWrite 453
112% 495 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 35.5
4K Mixed 28
88% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 451
DQ Write 154
DQ Mixed 373
257% 326 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 156%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown H9HCNNNCPMMLXR-NEE 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB LPDDR4 clocked @ 4266 MHz
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
63.9% Good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 20.3
MC Mixed 24.3
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 8.7
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 20.3
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 180
22% 180 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 63.9%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Surface Laptop 4 Builds (Compare 1,910 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 4

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