Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% 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	95.2% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 27 '20 at 03:57
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X-$150 15,293 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 244 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 729 69% 574 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1609 MHz, MLim: 1884 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 37.5 38% 42.4 fps	MRender 43 Gravity 44.2 Splatting 39.6 34% 42.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK512TBN 512GB 2,512 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MU020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 347 248 240 228 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 477 Mixed 383 SusWrite 297 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.5 149% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 324 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 465GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 109 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 56 SusWrite 109 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 253GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 72 71 71 72 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 59 Write 56.5 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 71.6 38% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 57% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 32 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 150 Write 38.7 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 24.9 72% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 3.3 206% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 34.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 33 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	604x

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	291x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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