Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	186% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '19 at 03:16
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 79.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 288 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 594 77% 580 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.7% Above average	Lighting 71 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 68.4 58% 72.3 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 61.7 54% 67.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$46 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 337 328 334 327 326 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,442 Write 1363 Mixed 1,227 SusWrite 368 246% 1,100 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 63.1 228% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 720 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 621 515% 735 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 238%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 466GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 416 413 410 422 413 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 409 Mixed 394 SusWrite 410 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 48.5 161% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 263 214% 301 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 301GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 144 141 236 240 238 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 405 Write 324 Mixed 278 SusWrite 223 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 16.5 72% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 99.7 DQ Write 89.9 DQ Mixed 41.8 46% 77.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 61%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 126 126 126 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 69 SusWrite 125 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 83%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 37 Write 13.2 Mixed 23 SusWrite 19.9 29% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.6 141% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3134 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 31 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 25.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 110%

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

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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	1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	824x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	606x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	460x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	405x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16