Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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, 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)

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 21:26
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 892 82% 686 Pts	64-Core 1,308 81% 1,308 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 83%

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 (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 82.1 73% 89.8 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 84.6 68% 82.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 246 208 109 51 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 473 Mixed 400 SusWrite 170 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 52.8 180% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 240 216% 328 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 46 46 46 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 435 Write 45.5 Mixed 83 SusWrite 45.7 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 66% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 124%
Lexar SSD 256GB 6,360 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 185GB free Firmware: V4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 399 442 453 456 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 438 Mixed 364 SusWrite 441 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 25 127% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 37.7 74% 147 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 58GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 101 101 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 166 Write 156 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 101 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 109%
WD20E 2TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 99GB free Firmware: 01.12B.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 75 75 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 87.8 Write 88.2 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 74 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 574GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 89 85 85 89 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 61 Write 78.2 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 87.3 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 33GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 41 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 38 Write 39.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 40.4 50% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 46% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 45%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 34.5 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 28.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,216x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	345x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	278x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	240x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	167x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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