Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450 Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateMay 15 '21 at 04:07
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
85% Excellent
Memory 74.5
1-Core 145
2-Core 282
90% 167 Pts
4-Core 513
8-Core 805
81% 659 Pts
64-Core 1,012
63% 1,012 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 85%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
63.1% Good
Lighting 81.2
Reflection 79
Parallax 72.9
66% 77.7 fps
MRender 62.3
Gravity 76.7
Splatting 69.7
57% 69.6 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS900613
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 97 37 72 30 37 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
69.7% Good
Read 462
Write 220
Mixed 308
SusWrite 59.9
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 80.2
4K Mixed 30.6
127% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 16.7
64% 142 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS5C3030BLE630 3TB
2TB free
Firmware: MZ6OAAB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 158 162 161 164 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Read 146
Write 137
Mixed 32
SusWrite 161
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
120% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.2% Good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 17.6
MC Mixed 27.2
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.3
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 25.4
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 91.4
44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B450 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 4,441 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $446
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