Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 52%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock B450 Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJun 02 '20 at 23:02
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 91%
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 PC Performing below expectations (27th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3500-$140
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
60.9% Good
Memory 55.9
1-Core 104
2-Core 218
67% 126 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 614
58% 484 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 65%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
ASRock(1849 5120) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.5.1
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 38.9
Parallax 174
84% 106 fps
MRender 96
Gravity 109
Splatting 138
96% 114 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 256GB
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 432
Write 554
Mixed 216
89% 400 MB/s
4K Read 9.3
4K Write 57.3
4K Mixed 21.1
72% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 552
DQ Write 455
DQ Mixed 212
238% 407 MB/s
Poor: 96% Great: 235%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB
231GB free
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 213 216 216 216 217 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
97.2% Outstanding
Read 664
Write 686
Mixed 624
SusWrite 255
125% 557 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 21.5
82% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 651
DQ Write 710
DQ Mixed 564
456% 642 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 97.2%
Great: 199%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
53.7% Above average
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 16.8
MC Mixed 22.2
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 11.9
SC Mixed 14.4
36% 12.7 GB/s
Latency 140
28% 140 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 53.7%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450 Steel Legend Builds (Compare 4,432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $445
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