Laptops are a different animal for sure. I have an older W7 running Sonar X3 that I use for remote recording, That thing can record 8 tracks at once no problem. It is a older Intel dual core.
I have a newer W10 laptop with an Intel Quad i5 and more RAM. You would think more power. I loaded X3. All get is drop outs. I tried all kinds of performance settings. Nothing. Frustrating.