Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	98.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). 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, 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 13:49
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 856 81% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,028 64% 1,028 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3150 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 96.5 Parallax 89.8 85% 96.8 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 92 Splatting 79.3 75% 94 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 256GB 10,211 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1025A SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 461 136 44 222 225 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 470 Mixed 440 SusWrite 255 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 45.9 158% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 246 200% 278 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 87GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 153 155 157 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 130 Write 149 Mixed 85 SusWrite 154 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 18,139 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 37.1 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 34.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 112%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

Battleship

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