Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	220% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 27 '20 at 16:17
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 79.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 289 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 846 80% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,073 66% 1,073 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.08 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 83.5 81% 90.3 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 80 Splatting 77.8 74% 92.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 772 411 411 418 416 416 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,551 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,287 SusWrite 474 262% 1,171 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 76.6 272% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 917 DQ Mixed 1,000 748% 998 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 237%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 466GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 443 425 437 433 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 448 Mixed 387 SusWrite 435 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.2 186% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 271 229% 335 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 115%

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 as expected (45^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 32.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 31.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

Battleship

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 $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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