Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.1% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '20 at 13:03
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 81.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 230 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 686 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 933 58% 933 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Zotac(19DA 2543) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.1% Good	Lighting 88.3 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 73.1 72% 79.9 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 71.9 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Scorch M2 256GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 231 119 85 65 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 582 Write 263 Mixed 221 SusWrite 133 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 31.2 127% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 307 227% 299 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 151%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 173 181 171 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 78.5 Write 100 Mixed 66 SusWrite 175 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 30.8 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 97%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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