Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.5% 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 Drive	154% 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.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 80% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Microsoft Surface Laptop 3
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	2256 x 1504 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210430
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '21 at 15:59
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	80%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-1035G7 4,822 User benchmarks, average bench 58% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 65.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 81% 153 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 606 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Plus G7 52,498 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Microsoft(1414 0035) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 16.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 16.8 13% 14.9 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 17.4 Splatting 18.8 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 13%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns128g TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: AEMS0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 437 415 413 218 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 920 Write 774 Mixed 706 SusWrite 374 155% 693 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.1 219% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 832 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 482 389% 562 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 154%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GB 4,747 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR4 4267 MHz clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing below potential (93^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	113% Outstanding	MC Read 46.1 MC Write 45.9 MC Mixed 36.7 123% 42.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 26.5 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 113 36% 113 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	7	60	13.5"	1280 720	SHP14B3 LQ135P1JX51

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Gaming 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

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System: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

CPU
Core i7-1065G7IntelBench 53%, 58,314 samples	427x
Core i5-1035G7IntelBench 58%, 4,822 samples	154x
Ryzen 7 Microsoft Surface EditionAMDBench 56%, 279 samples	47x

GPU
Iris Plus G7IntelBench 9%, 52,498 samples	581x
Radeon RX Vega11 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 197 samples	47x
Radeon Vega 9 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 691 samples	13x

SSD
HFM512GDGTNG-87A0A 512GBBench 107%, 1,880 samples	305x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 128GBKbg40zns128gBench 103%, 373 samples	97x
TOSHIBA MEMORY 1TBKbg40zns1t02Bench 143%, 233 samples	70x

RAM
H9HCNNNCPNALHR-NEE 2x8GBHynixBench 107%, 3,280 samples	192x
K4UBE3D4AA-MGCL 2x8GBSamsungBench 104%, 7,828 samples	168x
K4U6E3S4AA-MGCL 2x4GBSamsungBench 98%, 4,747 samples	92x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16