Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '20 at 18:36
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3600X-$199 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 72 1-Core 151 2-Core 303 93% 175 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 949 95% 774 Pts	64-Core 1,107 68% 1,107 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$80 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.3.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 97.9 62% 84.8 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 63.6 58% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$36 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 454 289 286 286 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 493 Mixed 466 SusWrite 347 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 65.7 225% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 87GB free Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 291 277 277 277 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,265 Write 1,179 Mixed 1,138 SusWrite 302 269% 1,221 MB/s	4K Read 70.8 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 101 348% 128 MB/s	DQ Read 822 DQ Write 695 DQ Mixed 261 332% 593 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 244%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 29 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 26.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 25.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 97%

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

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,924x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $287Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	492x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	465x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	406x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	323x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $491

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16