Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '19 at 13:50
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 80.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 673 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 916 57% 916 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1167) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 74.1 78% 85.1 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 73.9 61% 74.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 171 153 155 172 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 322 Write 101 Mixed 147 SusWrite 160 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 28 98% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 120 105% 157 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 97%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 316GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 401 391 390 390 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 443 Mixed 256 SusWrite 395 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 48.1 155% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 280 231% 331 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 296 295 297 297 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 475 Mixed 411 SusWrite 315 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 54 184% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 367 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 111 112 113 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 123 Write 88 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 111 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 177% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 856GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 191 195 194 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 132 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 193 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 8,520 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 20GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 26 14 15 15 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 136 Write 44.7 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 26.3 73% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.6 140% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 31 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 25.8 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 79.1 50% 79.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 104%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	175x
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	317x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16