Surface Pro Benchmark Showcases Impressive Performance

Benchmarks from Cnet
Surface Pro's benchmark has seen the device considerably outperforming tablets and consequently being compared to the laptop category.

Anandtech ran benchmarks on the solid-state drive in Microsoft's new Surface Pro tablet, which showcased impressive results. "You get a full blown 6Gbps SSD," the site wrote, referring to Micron Technology's C400 solid-state drive found in the device.

The Micron SSD delivers speeds of 400 megabytes-per-second when reading data and just under 200 MB/s when writing it. "The fastest sequential transfer rates I've managed on the 4th generation iPad are typically on the 20-30MB/s range." The site added that flash drives in the majority of tablets are comparatively "horribly slow."

A Mozilla Kraken benchmark, meanwhile, shows the Surface Pro, which offers a more complete Windows 8 experience when compared to the current Surface's Windows RT platform, delivering almost five times the performance of the iPad 4. However, there are disadvantages to such fast data transfer speeds and a fast processor. The iPad generally delivers 10 hours of battery life on a single charge, while the Surface Pro, which launches on February 9, can hardly deliver four hours.

Microsoft has defended the Surface Pro's short battery life, as well as the 45 GB of space it takes up due to the installation of the OS and programs.

Stay tuned for our full review of of the Surface Pro.

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SGTgimpy 5 years ago

"The iPad generally delivers 10 hours of battery life on a single charge, while the Surface Pro, which launches on February 9, can hardly deliver four hours."

Maybe you should read Anand's full review. The Surface was able to pull 5-6 hours out. Actually all the reviews I have seen are hitting 5-6 hours of use except for Cnet's review which showed the lowest battery time at 271 minutes or 4.55 Hours from video playback. (No clue what the used either they didn't say)I have no clue where everyone is getting this less than 4 hours of use at crap.

Anandtech battery test: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6695/microsoft-surface-pro-review/9

Oh by the way, it may only last 5-6 hours on battery but it can reach 80% charge in about an hour and full change in 2 hours. That's a hell of a lot quicker than the iPad3 or 4 to charge.
Shin-san 5 years ago

Sounds like it's the muscle car of tablets, in many ways
A Bad Day 5 years ago

For those who are still raging over being "cheated" out of storage space: http://www.overclock.net/t/1358460/zdnet-surface-pro-versus-macbook-air-whos-being-dishonest-with-storage-space

Apple is also doing the same...

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Shin-san 5 years ago

Sounds like it's the muscle car of tablets, in many ways
A Bad Day 5 years ago

For those who are still raging over being "cheated" out of storage space: http://www.overclock.net/t/1358460/zdnet-surface-pro-versus-macbook-air-whos-being-dishonest-with-storage-space

Apple is also doing the same...
teamcarlisle 5 years ago

Why didnt they compare it to a samsung series 7 slate? (With windows 8) Its almost the same thing but with a 2nd gen i5.
antherion 5 years ago

Comparing i5-based Surface Pro against atom-based Latitude 10, Envy x2 and Iconia W510 will of course makes Surface Pro "impressive"—just like comparing a smartphone against a full-blown laptop.
SGTgimpy 5 years ago

"The iPad generally delivers 10 hours of battery life on a single charge, while the Surface Pro, which launches on February 9, can hardly deliver four hours."

Maybe you should read Anand's full review. The Surface was able to pull 5-6 hours out. Actually all the reviews I have seen are hitting 5-6 hours of use except for Cnet's review which showed the lowest battery time at 271 minutes or 4.55 Hours from video playback. (No clue what the used either they didn't say)I have no clue where everyone is getting this less than 4 hours of use at crap.

Anandtech battery test: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6695/microsoft-surface-pro-review/9

Oh by the way, it may only last 5-6 hours on battery but it can reach 80% charge in about an hour and full change in 2 hours. That's a hell of a lot quicker than the iPad3 or 4 to charge.
memadmax 5 years ago

4-5-6 hours is plenty.
Good enough for me to buy this thing and put my nose up at iArrogantBastardApple.....
memadmax 5 years ago

*thumb my nose at
SGTgimpy 5 years ago

Also to clarify the term "Use". "Use" is real world operation of the Surface pro not running full kilter with bench marks. In benchmarks the Surface Rt gets about 8-9 hours of "Use". In real world "Use" mine gets about 36 hours of use. (I use it as a laptop replacement).

So the term of "Use" is subjective on how you will really use it on a daily basis. So lets wait till it gets release and in the hands of real people to see how real world "Use" is before we start daming it.
SGTgimpy 5 years ago

Tom's you also need a "Edit" option bad.
bllue 5 years ago

This sort of devices have to be the future. Much improvements to be made but we'll get there
SuperVeloce 5 years ago

go above the first comment and click "Read the comments on the forums"
bystander 5 years ago

sgtgimpyTom's you also need a "Edit" option bad.

There is one. Just go to the top of the comments and click "read the comments on the forums", then find your post and edit.
tipoo 5 years ago

I kind of wish the Surface design team would make a straight up Ultrabook. The Surface Pro plus the type keyboard make for an ok laptop experience, but the stand and floppy keyboard aren't always ideal. They could make an ultrabook flip back like the Lenovo Yoga to still have the tablet experience too.
tipoo 5 years ago

Also, comparisons to ARM tablets battery life are silly. This is more like the 11 inch Macbook Air in functionality, it runs a full i5 processor with a full desktop operating system. The 11 inch MBA battery life is no better.
pacomac 5 years ago

I bought the Sony Vaio Duo 11 due to the better specs. It's a great device in terms of hardware and comes with core i7, 8Mb RAM, 256Gb SSD, 2 USB3 and full size HDMI included and boots in 7 secs (cold boot), 1 sec (warm stRt). Downside is battery life and the internal fan which all i5 and i7 devices suffer from.

Still I use my iPad more than the Sony. The problem is the OS, not the hardware.
killerclick 5 years ago

Microsoft ordered only 1 million units to be made, so if you want this piece of crap, you better hurry
apache_lives 5 years ago

killerclickMicrosoft ordered only 1 million units to be made, so if you want this piece of crap, you better hurry

for mobility id prefer thing thing over any piece of crap you own
jkflipflop98 5 years ago

"Mr. Shelby! Mr. Shelby! How many MPG can one expect from the new Cobra?"

"Who gives a shit?"
compuservant 5 years ago

the graph this article needs to print is performance per dollar. These things are niche products at best. Most people are going to buy either tradition laptops or Ultrabooks. Those who want a tablet likely have already purchased one if that is their choice of form factor. I'd be surprised if M$ sells even 500K of these.
This thing is going to cost the consumer at least $1300 or more by the time your buy the table, the Os, the flappy keyboard thingy and a slew of new software optimized for the W*/Metro format. Actually, you are probably looking at closer to $1500. Remind me again what some of the newer ultrabooks are selling for?
jkflipflop98 5 years ago

compuservantthe graph this article needs to print is performance per dollar. These things are niche products at best. Most people are going to buy either tradition laptops or Ultrabooks. Those who want a tablet likely have already purchased one if that is their choice of form factor. I'd be surprised if M$ sells even 500K of these.This thing is going to cost the consumer at least $1300 or more by the time your buy the table, the Os, the flappy keyboard thingy and a slew of new software optimized for the W*/Metro format. Actually, you are probably looking at closer to $1500. Remind me again what some of the newer ultrabooks are selling for?

The fact that you seriously just used the word "thingy" makes me think you need to go find a new hobby.

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