Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	316% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '19 at 05:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 721 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 945 58% 945 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 116 Parallax 246 112% 167 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 157 112% 134 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$144 676 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 824GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1359 1598 1636 1682 1645 1678 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2318 Write 1,595 Mixed 1,123 SusWrite 1,600 370% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 80.4 263% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 914 DQ Mixed 884 687% 943 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 276 276 276 275 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 426 Mixed 388 SusWrite 291 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 55.5 192% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 234 213% 325 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 0304 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 12.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 5.5 9% 8.17 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 39.5 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 34.4 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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