Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	211% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 18:40
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 76.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 91% 171 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 861 89% 715 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 2874) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 20.5 Parallax 26.7 18% 23 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 24.2 21% 26.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 762 746 752 730 719 709 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,470 Write 866 Mixed 663 SusWrite 736 208% 934 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 66.5 235% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 851 DQ Write 722 DQ Mixed 639 519% 738 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 215%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 125GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 50 50 52 51 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 58.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 51.1 41% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 2x8GB 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 29 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 27.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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