Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190822
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 18 '20 at 17:13
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
76.8% Very good
Memory 75.6
1-Core 118
2-Core 225
77% 139 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 764
71% 591 Pts
64-Core 1,266
78% 1,266 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130
CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.3
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
14.8% Very poor
Lighting 0.03
Reflection 63.2
Parallax 71.5
0% 44.9 fps
MRender 56.6
Gravity 59.8
Splatting 45.5
43% 54 fps
Poor: 46%
This bench: 14.8%
Great: 56%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
36GB free
Firmware: S1Z40102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 77 59 97 73 76 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
59.4% Above average
Read 468
Write 425
Mixed 27.8
SusWrite 121
58% 260 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 15.6
4K Mixed 16.2
70% 19.6 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 0.6
79% 186 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 23 48 55 47 50 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
41.1% Average
Read 100
Write 110
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 41.9
62% 83.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.9
179% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 41.1%
Great: 85%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB
916GB free
Firmware: 04.05G05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 82 81 82 81 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
48.1% Average
Read 85.7
Write 77
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 81.4
59% 79.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.7
157% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.9% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 23.9
MC Mixed 24.5
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 25
SC Mixed 22.2
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 89.1
45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,088 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $526
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