Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics44.8% 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 Drive183% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock B450 Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190911
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateJan 27 '20 at 05:30
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 68%
Watch Gameplay: 570 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
66.8% Good
Memory 71
1-Core 102
2-Core 190
68% 121 Pts
4-Core 336
8-Core 598
56% 467 Pts
64-Core 927
57% 927 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 66.8%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130
CLim: 1286 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2
Performing below potential (56th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
44.8% Average
Lighting 55.4
Reflection 59.8
Parallax 68.6
45% 61.3 fps
MRender 59.1
Gravity 54.3
Splatting 50
44% 54.5 fps
Poor: 37%
This bench: 44.8%
Great: 49%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
341GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 955 855 801 823 823 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
183% Outstanding
Read 1,098
Write 909
Mixed 916
SusWrite 856
212% 945 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 74.7
4K Mixed 51.5
169% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 824
DQ Write 704
DQ Mixed 747
564% 758 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 183%
Great: 355%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
453GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 131 135 135 135 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
75.9% Very good
Read 131
Write 126
Mixed 81.7
SusWrite 133
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
69.2% Good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 25
MC Mixed 25.9
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 15.7
SC Mixed 16.1
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 99
40% 99 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 4,448 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $417
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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