PC World - USA (2019-02)

FEBRUARY 2019 PCWorld 55

tests begin pushing more

familiar applications, such

as light gaming. Any score

over 2,000 is acceptable,

and the Surface Laptop 2

made it over the line—but

behind everyone else.

The Creative test leans

more heavily into tasks like

photo editing and video,

stressing the system harder.

Here, the upgraded

processor appears to boost

the Surface Laptop 2 higher,

though the increased

resolution of the Surface

Laptop 2’s screen still seems

to be holding it back.

PCMark also recently

released a more modern

version of its benchmark,

combining all of its

previous benchmarks into

a separate test. Though our

database of results is

smaller, we’re still able to

compare it to a few

machines. The Surface

Laptop 2 scored 3,400 for

the basic test, compared to

2,767 for the HP Spectre

x2 and 3,737 for the Dell

XPS 13 9370.

Maxon’s Cinebench

It’s worth noting that while the October 2018 Update inexplicably
dragged down the PCMark Work and Home, even the original scores
were at the performance level produced by the original Surface Laptop,
as measured by both benchmarks.

MLaptop 2 icrosoft Surface(Core i5-8250U)

Microsoft Surface Laptop

(1st Gen) (Core i5-7200U

Microsoft Surface Pro 6

(Core i5-8250U)

Lenovo ThinkPad L480

(Core i5-8250U)

Sam(Core i7-8550U)sung Notebook 9 Pen

HP Spectre x360 13t(Core i7-8550U)

PCMark 8 Home 3.0

(Native resolution)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

2,778

3,298

2,993

2,901

3,346

3,108

Microsoft Surface

Laptop 2 (Core i5-8250U)

M(1st Gen) icrosoft Surface Laptop(Core i5-7200U

M(Core i5-8250U)icrosoft Surface Pro 6

Lenovo ThinkPad L480 (Core i5-8250U)

Asus ZenBook 13 UX331UA (Core i5-8250U)

Acer Spin 5 SP513-52N

-85LZ (Core i7-8550U

Dell New XPS 13 9370

(Core i5-8250U)

Samsung Notebook 9 Pen

(Core i7-8550U)

HP Spectre x360 13t(Core i7-8550U)

PCMark 8 Work 3.0

(Native resolution)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

2,860

3,303

3,077

3,460

2,978

3,398

3,150

3,474

3,510