56 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2019REVIEWS MICROSOFT SURFACE LAPTOP 2
benchmark should be
familiar to anyone who’s
read a review of a CPU.
The test stresses all or one
of the CPU cores,
allowing you to get an
idea of what the
performance would be
under an optimized load.
Though we test both
single- and multi-
threaded, we show only
the multithreaded result.
The Surface Laptop 2
posts a solid midrange
score here, far ahead
of the 1st Gen Surface
Laptop.
HandBrake, an open-
source tool for converting
video, provides an
excellent test of how a
system handles stress over
time. We convert a full-
length movie into a
format that could be
viewed with an Android
tablet. This is a real-world
task, and one in which
the Laptop 2 fares better
than usual, leaving its
predecessor in the dust.
Though it’s doubtful
that you’ll use the SurfaceTo be fair, the Surface Laptop 2 isn’t that far behind the competition.
But it is behind.Microsoft Surface
Laptop 2 (Core i5-8250U)
M(1st Gen) icrosoft Surface Laptop(Core i5-7200U
Lenovo ThinkPad L480 (Core i5-8250U)
M(Core i5-8250U)icrosoft Surface Pro 6
Sam(Core i7-8550U)sung Notebook 9 Pen
HP Spectre x360 13t
(Core i7-8550U)PCMark 8 Creative 3.0
(Native resolution)LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE2,9323,5153,2443,0013,5193,253Here, the Surface Laptop 2 begins to climb the ranks, though most
laptops in its class do well here.Microsoft Surface Laptop
(1st Gen) (Core i5-7200U
Samsung Notebook 9 Pen
(Core i7-8550U)
Acer Spin 5 SP513-52N
-85LZ (Core i7-8550U
HP Spectre x360 13t(Core i7-8550U)
MLaptop 2 icrosoft Surface(Core i5-8250U))
M(Core i5-8250U)icrosoft Surface Pro 6
Lenovo ThinkPad L480
(Core i5-8250U)
Asus ZenBook 13
UX331UA (Core i5-8250U)
Dell New XPS 13 9370
(Core i5-8250U)Cinebench RT15.038
(All threads)LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE327558539595532576553601
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