Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.8% 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	68.5% 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	13.2 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 22 '19 at 12:59
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$125 179,588 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)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 123 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 794 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 1023 63% 1023 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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: 1622 MHz, MLim: 930 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 175 91% 125 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 120 Splatting 126 93% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% 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: 358 166 96 102 115 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 454 Write 384 Mixed 314 SusWrite 154 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 18.6 101% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 29.5 84% 177 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 86%
Asgard AN2 500NVMe-M.2/80 500GB 599 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 103GB free Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1575 1601 1605 596 486 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,815 Write 1,120 Mixed 1,209 SusWrite 1,005 287% 1,287 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 52.2 235% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 903 DQ Write 897 DQ Mixed 658 561% 819 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 263%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 653GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 171 172 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 184 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 170 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Jmicron Corp. 1TB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 387GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 32 31 31 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 23.4 Write 21.2 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 31.4 34% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 46%

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 (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 34.6 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	604x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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