Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 00:05
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 264 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 795 72% 608 Pts	64-Core 1,406 87% 1,406 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 37B1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 171 Parallax 172 142% 172 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 156 Splatting 111 123% 156 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB 16,301 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 162 160 224 214 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 488 Write 256 Mixed 282 SusWrite 195 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 31.3 114% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 199 164% 232 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 121%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 41GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 138 121 64 88 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 430 Write 256 Mixed 301 SusWrite 136 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 26.7 102% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 188 165% 242 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 95%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 217 210 214 229 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 48.5 Write 108 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 215 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.6 170% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB 1,149 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 114GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 24 2 27 0.2 22 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 150 Write 53.5 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 25.3 79% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0 82% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GB 11,505 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 40.1 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 32 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 136%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $323Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	488x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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