Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive298% 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.
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.
MotherboardAsrock B450M Steel Legend  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190822
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateJun 15 '20 at 06:24
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Memory 75.5
1-Core 140
2-Core 272
88% 162 Pts
4-Core 481
8-Core 782
77% 632 Pts
64-Core 961
60% 961 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing below potential (76th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
50.7% Above average
Lighting 61.9
Reflection 68.3
Parallax 61.3
50% 63.9 fps
MRender 72.6
Gravity 59.7
Splatting 57.7
51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 54%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$53
386GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1913 1262 1467 1002 503 504 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
298% Outstanding
Read 2,434
Write 1,918
Mixed 224
SusWrite 1,109
314% 1,421 MB/s
4K Read 59.4
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 88.3
300% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 734
DQ Write 1,064
DQ Mixed 478
479% 759 MB/s
Poor: 147%
This bench: 298%
Great: 311%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
386GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 144 147 147 147 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Read 143
Write 134
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 146
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GVKB Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX 16GB
2933, 2933 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.7% Very good
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 21.4
MC Mixed 29.5
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 21.9
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 28
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 89.3
45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 108%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,120 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $498
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