Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45% 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	95.9% 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 09:28
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 668 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 909 56% 909 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45% Average	Lighting 48 Reflection 75 Parallax 57.5 39% 60.2 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 70.4 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 265 294 277 278 290 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 291 Mixed 276 SusWrite 280 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.5 149% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 208 192% 297 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 128%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 34GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 94 93 94 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	44% Average	Read 256 Write 93 Mixed 116 SusWrite 93.3 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 20.7 76% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 62.3 57% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 646GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 93 92 94 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 91 Write 94 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 92.6 113% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 114% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 45%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 3.6 5.3 4.3 3.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 5 Mixed 2.8 SusWrite 4.3 10% 11 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.7 234% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 29.3 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.8 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

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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 $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 $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