Surface Pro 2 Benchmark

That is a nice comparison that should be helpful to members who are considering either device. Thank you for sharing.
 
That seems to show the Pro 2 disk is much slower than the previous generation...
 
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It seems to show either there was an issue in the test or a driver issue. 4k and 512k random speeds are both up but linear down drastically? I'm pretty sure it's physically impossible for a drives random performance to exceed it's non-random (although this is an SSD, so who knows). That's got to be a glitch of some sort. Hopefully on the testing side, but if it's on the surface side I'd expect a patch or firmware fix.
 
Interesting. I'll be keeping an eye on this, but in reality those I/O numbers are still really good for a non-server system. It would be really hard to notice the difference even under a heavy workload. The small random I/O numbers are a lot better in Surface Pro 2 which makes me wonder if they made an intentional tradeoff on the sequential I/O to achieve a better balance. If not and if it is an issue with the system itself then it's likely something that can be fixed with a driver/firmware update.

Having said that, SSD drives can be finicky in benchmarks. Performance can drop of significantly for a period of time after repeated tests have been done. Also, SSD performance is reduced quite a bit once the drive reaches more than ~85% full. If this was a 64GB store model it's possible that either or both of these issues were a factor.
 
Great GPU and RAM numbers. The CPU could be better though. The disk I/O is a little concerning
 
I thought MS claimed a 50% boost in graphics performance from the Pro (1) to Pro 2? Those numbers don't support that...

Pro (1): 3428.12
vs.
Pro 2: 4083.34

I'm only seeing around 19%
 
nuprotocol took the benchmark of the Surface Pro 2 from the Microsoft Store, i think. The Surface Pro benchmark is from my friend's unit, 64GB model.
 
I thought MS claimed a 50% boost in graphics performance from the Pro (1) to Pro 2? Those numbers don't support that...

Pro (1): 3428.12
vs.
Pro 2: 4083.34

I'm only seeing around 19%
This is probably the biggest stat I'm looking at. The Pro 1 was acceptable in pretty much all other areas for me to seriously consider the Pro 2 w/ docking station, etc. for a workstation replacement. I'm not a huge gamer, but I want a bit more GPU power than the Pro 1 had.
 
Interesting find, thanks for posting.

A few of those numbers are a bit concerning, but hopefully it's just one of the aforementioned issues. And besides, still better performance than my current laptop, so I'll still take it.
 

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