Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
Processor	With 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.2% 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	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 09:12
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 179 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 562 53% 442 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Nvidia(10DE 11BF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 21.3 Parallax 29.2 16% 23.2 fps	MRender 35.1 Gravity 18 Splatting 31.8 23% 28.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB 12,305 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 213 122 212 151 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 362 Write 229 Mixed 269 SusWrite 186 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 38.9 119% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 262 218% 317 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 117 117 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 149 Mixed 108 SusWrite 137 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 20GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 142 158 161 159 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 160 Write 148 Mixed 79 SusWrite 150 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 104%
MXT-USB Storage Device 16GB 662 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID 8816 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	3.15% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 5.5 8% 5.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 3 117% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.15% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 32.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 107%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,916x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	603x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	458x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	404x

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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	290x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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