Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.1% 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	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 13:58
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 807 80% 651 Pts	64-Core 1,023 63% 1,023 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1652 MHz, MLim: 930 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 179 96% 128 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 121 Splatting 127 94% 112 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 241 108 96 89 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 416 Write 401 Mixed 359 SusWrite 146 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 19.3 99% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 29.6 80% 166 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 86%
Asgard AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB 599 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 152GB free Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1597 1602 1611 1568 237 237 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,900 Write 1,609 Mixed 1,204 SusWrite 1142 328% 1,464 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 52.5 252% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 905 DQ Write 939 DQ Mixed 658 567% 834 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 263%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 651GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 171 172 172 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 183 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 171 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 318 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 34.6 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%

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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 $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 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 $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 $40	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