Asrock B450 Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.4% 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	225% 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.

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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450 Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 11:04
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3500-$140 16,466 User benchmarks, average bench 81% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 75.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 90% 168 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 834 87% 698 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 21.7 Parallax 24 22% 24.4 fps	MRender 20.4 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 27.9 20% 23.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$46 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 647 432 432 435 434 435 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1785 Write 1,514 Mixed 1,365 SusWrite 469 287% 1,283 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 76.1 274% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 852 DQ Write 953 DQ Mixed 801 631% 869 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 238%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 15,006 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 226GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 221 221 223 222 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,142 Write 937 Mixed 943 SusWrite 265 184% 822 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 76.5 271% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 921 DQ Mixed 576 498% 726 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 199%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 171GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 230 229 227 229 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 318 Write 220 Mixed 218 SusWrite 250 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 28.4 118% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 213 170% 236 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 100%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 71 70 71 70 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 64.4 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 70.2 85% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 162% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 89.8 45% 89.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 97%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450 Steel Legend

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,213x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	379x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	344x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	277x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	240x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	234x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	90x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	85x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	303x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	188x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	167x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $445

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

Asrock B450 Steel Legend

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