Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.2% 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	162% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	10.4 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 05 '20 at 03:38
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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-$80 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 way below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 64.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 85% 161 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 794 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 978 61% 978 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 3571) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.2% Poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 110 Parallax 105 0% 71.7 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 101 Splatting 77.8 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 250GB SSD 250GB 3,590 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 292 265 593 366 462 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,405 Write 246 Mixed 165 SusWrite 365 118% 545 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 44.3 202% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 107 191% 388 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 209%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 501GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 129 133 131 134 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 143 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 133 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 107%

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 @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 27.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 25.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 112%

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

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Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,095 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,917x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	823x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	605x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $522

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