Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.4% 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	80.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '19 at 01:30
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 659 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 2050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.4% Average	Lighting 58 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 68.5 47% 58.2 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 50.4 45% 55.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 102 51 105 64 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 447 Write 180 Mixed 335 SusWrite 101 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 37.5 147% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 46.1 94% 191 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 362GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 168 169 171 171 171 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 161 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 170 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 31.8 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 25.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 104%

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

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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 $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $159Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	602x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	457x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	257x
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	357x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	319x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $527

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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