Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.5% 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	167% 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, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '20 at 02:41
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$190 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 83.8 1-Core 151 2-Core 306 97% 180 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 784 81% 651 Pts	64-Core 1,079 67% 1,079 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 80.2 77% 86.8 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 76.1 72% 90.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
NE-256 256GB 6,044 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0312C0G SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 511 308 697 268 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,437 Write 598 Mixed 739 SusWrite 384 174% 789 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 28.8 213% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 474 DQ Write 662 DQ Mixed 322 312% 486 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 234%
P3-512 512GB 2,855 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 71GB free Firmware: S0618B SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 73 20 73 74 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 505 Write 444 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 118 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 1.3 48% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 21.4 DQ Mixed 16.5 35% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 104%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 3.5 3.9 4.1 3.6 4.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	3.42% Terrible	Read 11 Write 0.8 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.7 5% 4.95 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.42% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 33.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 32.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 103%

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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 $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,925x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	610x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	493x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	466x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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