Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.4% 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 Drive	290% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 16:58
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 87 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 876 91% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,085 67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 49.2 53% 59 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 68.7 57% 69.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1440 403 405 401 402 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,618 Write 2,293 Mixed 1,627 SusWrite 575 396% 1,778 MB/s	4K Read 68.9 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 95.9 328% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,011 DQ Write 1,173 DQ Mixed 1,170 860% 1,118 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 83GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 486 496 497 425 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 497 Mixed 412 SusWrite 471 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.5 221% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 370 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 281GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 165 163 161 167 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 104 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 163 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 161 154 161 160 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 142 Write 143 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 158 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x4GB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 32.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 34.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 112%

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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 $153Bench 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