Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 11:01
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 78.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 758 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 939 58% 939 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 93.8 82% 102 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 96 Splatting 99.7 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 379 381 382 381 382 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,165 Write 499 Mixed 471 SusWrite 388 139% 631 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 54.9 172% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 610 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 485 380% 526 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 155%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 112GB free Firmware: 3202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 301 301 302 301 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 364 Write 365 Mixed 335 SusWrite 311 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 32.4 105% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 152 112% 148 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 124%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 250GB 809 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 75GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 31 25 26 28 29 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 138 Write 57.6 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 31.9 80% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.7 176% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 32%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 8.4 8.5 9.5 8.6 9.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 5.8 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 8.4 14% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 3.7 238% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown D4H16GL24A8 2x16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 28.4 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 27.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 84%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	826x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	607x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	489x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	461x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
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	360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16