Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive118% 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)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191127
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 25 '20 at 17:39
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Memory 79.4
1-Core 146
2-Core 288
92% 171 Pts
4-Core 536
8-Core 823
84% 679 Pts
64-Core 1,015
63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.4% Very good
Lighting 92.8
Reflection 85.2
Parallax 131
76% 103 fps
MRender 84.1
Gravity 95.2
Splatting 119
84% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61170RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 370 380 336 382 395 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 428
Mixed 264
SusWrite 368
88% 394 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 53.8
191% 69.6 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 291
233% 329 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 118%
Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
228GB free
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 136 138 138 139 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Read 132
Write 98.3
Mixed 81.3
SusWrite 138
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB
6GB free, PID 6544
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.6 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
8.3% Terrible
Read 37.3
Write 3.5
Mixed 5.5
SusWrite 4.3
12% 12.6 MB/s
4K Read 8.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
31% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 8.3%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
96.1% Outstanding
MC Read 40.1
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 40.9
100% 35 GB/s
SC Read 24
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 37.4
81% 28.4 GB/s
Latency 81.8
49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 96.1%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M Steel Legend Builds (Compare 8,084 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $524
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HDDRAMUSB
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