Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics6.93% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190822
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 13 '19 at 22:50
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User BGR-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
Memory 76.4
1-Core 145
2-Core 287
91% 169 Pts
4-Core 571
8-Core 925
92% 748 Pts
64-Core 1,064
66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3800
Sapphire(174B E630) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.93% Terrible
Lighting 8.17
Reflection 12.6
Parallax 2.44
7% 7.74 fps
MRender 7.81
Gravity 3.57
Splatting 14
8% 8.46 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.93%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 60AABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 73 89 60 67 58 MB/s
Performing below potential (67th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
68.2% Good
Read 245
Write 138
Mixed 189
SusWrite 71.3
36% 161 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 44
155% 59.2 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 98.4
84% 121 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
81GB free
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 124 124 124 123 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
70.7% Very good
Read 123
Write 114
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 123
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
47.9% Average
MC Read 17.8
MC Write 16.6
MC Mixed 14.6
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 16.1
SC Mixed 15.8
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 87.5
46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 47.9%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,095 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $525
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