Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics43% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive172% 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.
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.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190111
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 28 '19 at 23:14
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Memory 76.8
1-Core 123
2-Core 237
80% 146 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 783
78% 636 Pts
64-Core 1,004
62% 1,004 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500
XFX(1682 3001) 3GB
CLim: 1148 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.6.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
43% Average
Lighting 55.9
Reflection 37.1
Parallax 69.5
46% 54.1 fps
MRender 35.3
Gravity 57.4
Splatting 45.8
38% 46.2 fps
Poor: 31%
This bench: 43%
Great: 39%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 570 311 253 257 259 256 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 1,527
Write 804
Mixed 750
SusWrite 318
188% 850 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 59.8
192% 67.6 MB/s
DQ Read 708
DQ Write 713
DQ Mixed 552
459% 658 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 172%
Great: 223%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55
541GB free
Firmware: 01.01V02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 107 109 109 109 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
64.3% Good
Read 116
Write 112
Mixed 98
SusWrite 108
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 64.3%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
MC Read 37
MC Write 34.4
MC Mixed 30.7
97% 34 GB/s
SC Read 22.5
SC Write 34.8
SC Mixed 25.4
79% 27.6 GB/s
Latency 86.7
46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,095 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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