Microsoft Surface Book 15" 2 Silver 2017
CPU Core i7
RAM 16 GB
Storage 256 GB
Screen 15" 3840x2160
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
OS Windows 10 Pro
Weight 1.9 kg
42 Overall Score
Price $800
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong screen (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong reliability (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong gpu (73rd percentile) 73rd
Cons
- Below average social proof (4th percentile)
- Below average cpu (11th percentile)
- Below average storage (18th percentile)
- Below average ram (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.6 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR5 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR3 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 15" |
| Resolution | 3840x2160 (4K UHD) |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 3 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
Physical
| Weight | 1.9 kg / 4.2 lbs |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Microsoft Surface Book 15" 2 | Apple MacBook Pro M5 Pro | Lenovo Legion 5i 83F00008US | ASUS ROG Flow GZ302EA-XS96 | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Dell Premium LDA14250-7667SLV-PUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Core i7 | Apple M5 Pro | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 255H |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 2000 | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Screen | 15" 3840x2160 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 15.1" 2560x1600 | 13.4" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14.5" 3200x2000 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | Apple M5 Pro 16-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | AMD Radeon Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.7 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | - | 80 | 56 | - | 62 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Surface Book 15" 2 | 11.4 | 73.4 | 25.3 | 40.3 | 93.9 | 56.4 | 17.7 | 80.6 | 4.2 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M5 Pro Compare | 98.3 | 76.1 | 58.4 | 77.2 | 99.5 | 70.1 | 89.2 | 97.4 | 99.3 |
| Lenovo Legion 5i 83F00008US Compare | 93.3 | 88.7 | 87.4 | 97.6 | 94.3 | 55 | 80.3 | 80.6 | 90.4 |
| ASUS ROG Flow GZ302EA-XS96 Compare | 94.9 | 85 | 91.6 | 86.1 | 91.1 | 94.2 | 67.7 | 59.8 | 86.9 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.6 | 65 | 80.8 | 80.8 | 91.6 | 96.4 | 72.4 | 59.8 | 88.1 |
| Dell Premium LDA14250-7667SLV-PUS Compare | 85.1 | 65 | 89.9 | 70.9 | 97.1 | 60 | 62.3 | 32.8 | 97.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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