Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive262% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190509
Uptime9.5 Days
Run DateOct 20 '19 at 18:03
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 26%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
80% Very good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 112
2-Core 229
78% 141 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 622
65% 521 Pts
64-Core 857
53% 857 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
69.9% Good
Lighting 92.2
Reflection 85.3
Parallax 73.9
75% 83.8 fps
MRender 66.1
Gravity 77.5
Splatting 74.6
60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1070 874 867 868 869 860 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
262% Outstanding
Read 2,309
Write 2,278
Mixed 1,568
SusWrite 901
395% 1,764 MB/s
4K Read 55.1
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 74.5
247% 86 MB/s
DQ Read 924
DQ Write 773
DQ Mixed 852
637% 849 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 262%
Great: 355%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 144 138 141 151 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 178
Mixed 72.7
SusWrite 141
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer 32GB
21GB free, PID 5530
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 3.4 3.6 4.4 3.1 3.9 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
14.9% Very poor
Read 31.5
Write 8.3
Mixed 6.8
SusWrite 3.7
13% 12.6 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 2.9
210% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 14.9%
Great: 18%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
97.9% Outstanding
MC Read 41.1
MC Write 33.7
MC Mixed 32.2
102% 35.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.1
SC Write 35.6
SC Mixed 26.1
82% 28.6 GB/s
Latency 77.3
52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,096 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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