Geekbench 4.0 benchmarks (higher is better)

Device CPU Single core Multi core
Surface Book 2 15 i7-8650U 5,036 14,237
Surface Book 2 13 i7-8650U 4,862 14,694
XPS 15 (9560) i7-7700HQ 4,503 13,587
Razer Blade 2017 i7-7700HQ 4,277 13,597
Surface Laptop i7 i7-7660U 4,714 9,535
Surface Pro 2017 i7-7660U 4,513 9,346
Surface Book i7-6600U 3,977 7,486

Geekbench 4.0 CUDA (higher is better)

Laptop GPU Score
Razer Blade 2017 GTX 1060 138,758
Surface Book 2 15 GTX 1060 132,785
Surface Book 2 13 GTX 1050 75,665
XPS 15 GTX 1050 75,636
Surface Book GTX 965M 59,945

Geekbench 4.0 OpenCL (higher is better)

Device GPU Compute score
Surface Book 2 15 GTX 1060 123,602
Surface Book 2 13 GTX 1050 72,677
Surface Book GTX 965M 64,108
Surface Laptop i7 Iris 640 31,010
Surface Pro 2017 Iris 640 30,678
Surface Book HD520 18,197

CrystalDiskMark (higher is better)

Device Read Write
Surface Book 2 1TB 1,411 MB/s 1,202 MB/s
Surface Laptop i7 486 MB/s 244 MB/s
Surface Pro 2017 1,284 MB/s 963 MB/s
Surface Book 1TB 1,018 MB/s 967 MB/s
Surface Laptop i5 423 MB/s 237 MB/s

Gears of War 4 UWP

Laptop Resolution Graphics presets V-Sync Average frame rate
Surface Book 2 15" Medium 1620 x 1080 Off 96 FPS
Surface Book 2 13" Medium 1620 x 1080 Off 65 FPS
Surface Book P. Base Medium 1620 x 1080 Off 47 FPS
Excited for Age of Empires 4? Here's what we know.
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Excited for Age of Empires 4? Here's what we know.

Age of Empires 4 is in the works, and real-time strategy fans can't wait to see everything the game entails when it finally launches. Until then we've put together a bunch of important details that give us an idea of what to expect from the game.