
Our original review theorized that some interaction between the new Surface Pro 8 hardware, the new Windows 11 operating system, and the firmware/drivers needed to operate the two caused the inconsistent behavior. Our original review should be archived here. We’ve updated our benchmark charts, the review text, and our score to reflect this. The scores improved, significantly in places. After our review published, they asked us to update our review unit again and re-check our benchmarks. We notified Microsoft about these inconsistencies before publishing our original review, and they offered no explanation by press time. Editor’s Note: Our original review noted some striking variation in some benchmarks, and performance in some benchmarks that seemed out of line with others.
