Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	336% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201103
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '21 at 10:57
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 81 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 852 85% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,100 68% 1,100 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 2310) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	5.99% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 7.3 Parallax 6.8 6% 7.1 fps	MRender 6.2 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 7.8 6% 7.53 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.99% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S41 1TB 856 User benchmarks, average bench 257% 854GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1468 1467 1512 1511 1509 1493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 2,807 Write 1,534 Mixed 1,544 SusWrite 1,493 410% 1,844 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 79.6 267% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,306 DQ Write 903 DQ Mixed 1130 837% 1,113 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 348%
SSD 128GB 128GB 7,332 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 118GB free Firmware: FW201105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 281 287 287 287 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 490 Write 295 Mixed 318 SusWrite 285 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 15.4 127% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 19.4 64% 133 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 93%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 830GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 137 124 139 132 133 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 144 Write 145 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 132 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 100%
SKYMEDI USB Drive 2GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 8628 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 6.9 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.65% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 7.2 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 7.2 12% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.65% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW8GX4M1E3200C16 2x8GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 21 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 106%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	176x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	118x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	359x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	318x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16